The following video shows the process for making a 60″ diameter table. The joinery on the base features through mortise and tenon joints. The joints are assembled using a technique called drawboarding, where pins are hammered though offset holes to pull the joints tight together.
Month: March 2017
Sometimes, a disaster creates new growth. The 2007-2008 drought in Central Texas killed many large trees that couldn’t survive with the reduced rainfall. Brandon Berdoll began logging those dead specimens and founded Berdoll Sawmill near Bastrop in 2009. Brandon Berdoll began logging those dead specimens and founded Berdoll Sawmill near Bastrop in 2009. Yellow pine is commercially farmed in the Piney Woods in East Texas, but commercial plantations or managed forests for hardwoods are near-nonexistent in the state.
