Order “Cricket Tables” by 11:59 p.m. tonight EDT (Dec. 4, 2023) to get the free pdf of the book at checkout.
Derek Jones’s book is about the three-legged cricket table, where it came from, what the different variants are and construction details. And the search for the history of the table is also intertwined with the history of the author, who had a long and twisting career in the furniture and publishing world.
And, at the end, Derek shows you how to build three great examples of this vernacular table and sets you off with the basic geometry and hand skills to do the task.
“Cricket Tables” is 112 pages, full color and printed on white, 70# matte coated 8-1/2″ x 11″ paper. The pages are sewn, glued and taped for durability. And the whole thing is wrapped with 98-point boards that are covered in lime cotton cloth! Like all Lost Art Press books, it is produced and printed in the United States.
You can read more about Derek in this profile by the late Nancy Hiller.
Hello:
Is there a measured drawing anywhere around of the saw horses supporting the cricket table?
Thanks….and Merry Christmas
Rich Mantell
https://store.popularwoodworking.com/products/traditional-sawbench
Thank you for this link. I have been looking for this bench for the longest time and I had no idea what it was called. I knew it was a beast and had a tail at one end. Serendipity.