The McCoy Pedestal Table
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*our cherry and maple are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC certified)

The McCoy Pedestal Table
(small diameter)

*our cherry and maple are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC certified)

Cherry McCoy Pedestal Table 64" in diameter

A thick round top sits nicely on a pedestal.  The McCoy tops must be stiff enough to cantilever off the base and appear to float in the air.  Therefore, we build the round tops from our select 2" thick boards.  (See Solid Wood Dining Table Top for an explanation of how we select wood for a table top.)

I like the puzzle of laying out and gluing up the round tops. The length of the shorter boards is a function of the width of the longer ones and the diameter of the top.  The curving edge of the top should complement, not compete with, the figure of the wood.  We shape the edge to lighten the top and please the hand.

The McCoy Pedestal Table is a kind of variation of the Mitchell Trestle Table where the ends are crossed and interlocked rather than separate and braced.  There are sixteen through mortise and wedged tenon joints in the standard base and ten in the smaller, so either could serve as a pedestal for a truck.

Choices for the McCoy Pedestal Table:

• Kind of wood.  We stock and catalogue cherry, walnut, and maple, but we can build a dining set (table and chairs) of any available wood.
• Size of top.  40" is the smallest diameter that provides knee room for four.  64" is the largest diameter we like to build.
• Preparation and finish of the top.  (See Options for Finishing Dining Tabletops.)

Please note:
We do not build dining tables without a set of chairs.  In order to compose pleasing compositions of figure in our table tops, we need to have a quantity of wood to choose from — and something to do with the wood we do not choose.  Chairs.  This is not to say the chairs get inferior wood — they just don't need long, clear, boards of even configuration.  Because we cut the boards for chairs into relatively small pieces, we can create pleasing compositions of figure in them as well.