I just picked up a Nelson Pedestal Base with some sort of homemade top on it, and would like to replace it with an appropriate, original top. It is the 21.5" version. My question is whether is there is more than one size (not height) base for these tables? Do they vary in any way other than height? That is, with my 21.5" base, can I go with wither the small or large table top?
Thanks.
Dearest Spanky, you make me laugh.
oh how I wish that you that had a handsome single brother. You are a treasure. Now, I think that George and Ricky Nelson perhaps got a bit carried away with the particle board on this table. I guess it would have cost more to have asphalt or pine instead. I like all wood. I like _______. Don't forget to feed the birds.
Blazed,
Aunt Mark
Anyone with a woodworking shop could produce a replica of the top Mark shows. If a center-point hole can be driven part-way through the chosen disc material, then a table router or even a table saw can spin a perfect disc. And for the bevel -- milled before or after a top surface has been chosen and applied -- a rig could be attached to a good table-saw fence so that the disc can be spun on a horizontal axis, in a vertical orientation, with the saw blade at the appropriate angle and the fence moved progressively closer to the blade while the disc is spun slowly by hand.
Any wood-based sheet product should be treated similarly on both faces, to prevent warpage. This is true whether a wet finish, a lamination, or veneering is contemplated. It looks to me like the Nelson top has a form of secondary plastic laminate material -- almost certainly a phenolic "backing sheet, one of our most beautiful unseen materials"-- on its underside. This would have been applied simultaneously with the face laminate, preferably with rigid glue rather than contact adhesive !
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