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My wife spent her adult life working with severely mentally and physically disabled 14 to 21yr old kids. At 5', 115lbs she is a tiny thing. In late 2012 she was attacked by one of her students, he was over 6' and about 250. He jumped on her back, choked her and took her to the ground. The result of the attack was a concussion, broken back and ended her career. She has recovered but the long term result is that she cannot stand for longer than 20 minutes, and that will never change. While she was working full time, raising me and the kids, with a few classes, she taught herself to be a gourmet chef and loves to cook. That works out well for me because I love to eat. But because of her back she can't spend the time it takes to make a meal on her feet. Since I still like to eat, and she still likes to cook, I made a kitchen island that she can sit at, rest her legs, and do her magic. I used Marc Spagnuolo's sculpted table as a guide: https://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/videos/trestle-table-pt-1/
This was my first attempt a sculpting, and it turned out ok, but it was more difficult than I thought it would be. Anyway here it is. Wood is sapele, joinery is loose MandT. I shaped an aluminum bar to fit a chamfer on the bottom rail, had it powder coated to match the finish and attached it with 3 brass screws. This allows her to rest her feet on the rail and not mar the wood. The finish is 5 coats of clear shellac, sanded between coats, and then 5 coats of lacquer, with the final coat "wet" sanded with a 5000 grit pad and lacquer.
This was my first attempt a sculpting, and it turned out ok, but it was more difficult than I thought it would be. Anyway here it is. Wood is sapele, joinery is loose MandT. I shaped an aluminum bar to fit a chamfer on the bottom rail, had it powder coated to match the finish and attached it with 3 brass screws. This allows her to rest her feet on the rail and not mar the wood. The finish is 5 coats of clear shellac, sanded between coats, and then 5 coats of lacquer, with the final coat "wet" sanded with a 5000 grit pad and lacquer.
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