Comments on: Would You Cut Up This Table?

By: peppersvnv

peppersvnv — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:32:22 +0000

I have the same problem with a twist. I have a tresle table that my wife has decided is too big for the dining room where it has lived for 35 years or so. I considered downsizing the table but the more I thought about it the more I didn’t like the idea. Any well made, well designed table has proportions that are right for the size of the table. If I downsize the top the legs will be proportionally to large. I don’t like the idea of a white tail deer on elephant legs.

By: me

me — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:59:28 +0000

For what its worth, I made a pine table 42 years ago when I was in the military and money was tight. when I wanted to build a new one every one said ” no way ” all the dents,scratches,kids home work, all told a story or a fond remberance of times past. so the old kitchen table is still the same way when I built it and the wife still loves it

By: Katoom

Katoom — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:02:57 +0000

Steve, I wouldn’t modify your Thomas Moser table. It’s too beautiful. Keep it in the family and let someone else use it. Keep the legacy going. You are fully capable of building another table and it would be “your” craftsmanship.
Terry

By: Steve Shanesy

Steve Shanesy — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:34:42 +0000

If I do build a new one and preserve the old, there’d someday be one table for each kid. Hmmm?
Steve

By: Jallens47

Jallens47 — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:49:02 +0000

Hello Steve,

As I see it, if the table is in good shape and you feel it has 15 or more years of service left, leave it alone and pass it on to someone who has a need for an 8′ table and appreciates a Moser design. Then build your own from scratch. The table you build will truely be your own and will be treasured by your children as “the table that Dad built” a lot more than “the table that Dad cut down”.

By: Reidtired

Reidtired — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:38:37 +0000

Steve, I have to agree with g-dresser and hodgman. the memories embedded in the table are not just yours, but the entire family. Build a new one and new memories. Your kids will value both. Too many times I have seen beautiful pieces of work “improved” only to the regret of the owner and others.

By: hodgman@gmavt.net

hodgman@gmavt.net — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:01:36 +0000

I agree precisely with g-dresser–don’t cut it up. It is not a table. It is a family treasure, beauty marks and all. Moser really has nothing to do with it. I am 79 years old, which probably colors my perspective. Build a new table from scratch. One of the kids will want the Moser table. Another will value the replacement table that you design and build with your own hands.

By: Cosmo

Cosmo — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:49:15 +0000

Kinda says it all, don’t it.
“Make your new table and do it the best you possibly can and nothing will be better than having your table and making it too.”

By: Festus1960

Festus1960 — Thu, 31 May 2012 03:46:50 +0000

I have an old woodworking/cabinetmaking book I purchased at a garage sale. One of the projects is how to “update” an old, out of fashion Morris chair into a table. I know it’s not quite the same thing, but I always wondered if some Stickleys ever suffered that fate….

By: g-dresser

g-dresser — Thu, 31 May 2012 03:32:45 +0000

Steve, I’m with the don’t cut in up group. I would hope that a family member who grew up eating at that table would love to have his or her kids continue the family traditions that are a part of their family heritage. If not, then give it to a relative or friend who would, in time, treasure it as you have. Do build a new table that will fit in your new eating place, one that you will come to treasure.