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During my 3rd year of studying Furniture making we were tasked with making a furniture reproduction. It was 2021 so Covid restrictions limited our accessibility to the workshop so I decided to do a furniture which I felt would help me gain new skills, but could be made in few working days.
Mackay Hugh Baillie-Scott was British architect and designer within Arts and Crafts movement and designed this table circa 1902.
During my research I found an article in Popular woodworking by Mitch Roberson, where he describe the way he tackled the reproduction. I've analysed it and instead of using sketch up model he provided I've modelled my version in AutoCAD.
My production did not go in the same way he made it because I've built slightly different jig for tapering legs and due to time restraints
I opted for screwing stretchers into legs instead of using floating tenons.
I think it looks good, though I've installed stretchers in the opposite direction to the original, and I think if I had splined legs few degrees more it would look more like the original photo. It is a good example of what can be achieved with a good web/book research as I never seen the original myself.
Below - few production photographs and one of detailed drawings:
Stretcher production - CAD template for cutting the MDF template, and working the oak on the router table with the MDF template on top.
I typically work in millimetres but most of the source data I found about this table was in the imperial dimensions, I decided to carry on the whole project using imperials because it was a good challenge and skill to gain.
It is actually not that bad if you forget the millimetres exist :D
If you are looking for drawings for building something similar, contact me to discuss how I can help you.
Original photograph found on https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-an-oak-occasional-table-designed-by-mackay-3996436/
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