Square Quarter Sawn Maple Trestle Dining Table
About The Project
This table features a stunning quarter sawn maple top. The wood was quarter sawn, which is the process of cutting the boards with the saw cut perpendicular to the annual rings. This results in board faces with a tight, uniform and parallel grain pattern. Maple, particularly boards this thick, isn’t typically quartern sawn. This was a great find at my sawyer. My sawyer specializes in custom cutting and drying of lumber from raw logs. He has an eye for knowing the potential inner beauty of a log, and determining when a log is suitable to be cut in this way.
Another highlight is that all of the boards were cut from the same maple log. This guarantees that the color and grain patter match across the surface of the table. The boards were glued together in a slip matched pattern. In this process, the boards are consecutively laid out and glued together along opposing edges, much like dealing a deck of cards.
The legs of the trestle base are painted to complement the decor of the house. The customer purchased the upholstered chairs to match the base. The top is finished with a clear varnish.
The dining room where the table sits is bathed in light, which causes the top to glow and show off the rich cream, straw and tan colors of the wood.
