What you get, dimensioned
What it is
Four boards, jointed and clamped overnight, then flattened across the width with a jointer plane rather than a sander so the surface keeps its facets under raking light. Breadboard ends are drawbored: one pin tight at the centre, the outer pins in elongated mortises, which lets 900 mm of top move through the seasons without opening a gap at the joint.
The trestles knock down. Two wedges out and the whole thing goes up a stairwell in three pieces, which is the only reason a 1900 mm table fits into most flats at all. Reassembly takes about four minutes with a mallet and no fasteners.
Where it goes wrong, and what we do about it
Tables fail at the ends first: the breadboard splits, or the top cups over a radiator. We keep the moisture content at 8 to 10 percent before cutting the joint, leave the outer pins loose, and finish both faces of the top equally so it dries at the same rate top and bottom. If a table we built ever cups past 2 mm across the width, bring it back.
Board provenance: [set species/source]. Milled by [set your mill], air-dried [set months], read at [set moisture] percent on the day of cutting.
The list we work from
Sample dimensions| Part | Qty | Stock | L × W × T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top board | 4 | [set species] | 1780 × 225 × 32 |
| Breadboard end | 2 | [set species] | 900 × 60 × 32 |
| Trestle post | 2 | [set species] | 640 × 90 × 45 |
| Trestle foot | 2 | [set species] | 760 × 90 × 45 |
| Trestle cap | 2 | [set species] | 600 × 90 × 32 |
| Stretcher | 1 | [set species] | 1150 × 120 × 32 |
| Wedge | 2 | Offcut, contrasting | 90 × 28 × 14 |
| Drawbore pin | 8 | Riven oak | 70 × 10 dia. |
Rough stock allowance is 8 mm on thickness and 40 mm on length, which is why a 1900 mm table starts as 1950 mm boards.
Send your measurements and we will draw it
Room width, doorway width, how many people sit at it. The drawing and the fixed price cost nothing, and nothing is committed until you say cut.