Featured Primitive Table ID

Well, dunno about high school but does appear to be a home shop type project. The seat/top is pinned to the frame but the pins/pegs are to "round" which indicates machined wood "dowels" which can be purchased from the hardware store in various diameters.

 

Paul Bunyan's milking stool then, cut down when he got older and shrunk due to osteoperosis.

 

the pegs are round but hand cut, a lot of them and a variety of sizes too. a few recent nails added when someone striped and polished it.
looks to have originally been red followed by a blue-green.

 

OK, it could be a "make -do" type piece for some function around the house/farm. It doesn't have the look/construction of a professional woodworker build, that lap joint on top is guaranteed to collect dust/dirt with no good way to clean it.

 

The legs from the bottom look like they were cut down.

 

Odd thing. A milking stool or some kind ofwork stool would be three legged: that's the most stable form especially on rough ground.

 

The top looks quite deliberately made as two sections - but if they were not intended to be separated, the visible joint makes no sense. Too low or too high to be a usable stool …

If the two sections have (or had) an ability to slide apart, I would bet on it being a child's "miniature dining room table" or the like - but the image does not tell us much more than that a great deal more wood was used on the cross-channels than makes sense otherwise.

High School "projects" tend to be a great deal simpler. IMHO

 

strikes me as a "I don't know how to build it, so ... here goes" design. Step 1: must be the top design. 2) I'll lap joint it... it's got to be stronger that way. 3) oh oh. not as strong as a thought, and it's kinda ugly from the side view [and here starts the overengineering], 4) I'll add a cross brace to the underside across the lap joint. Tighten it down... How will I attach the leg then? 5) I know, TWO cross braces. 6) perfect! the legs fit right between. but it looks a little weird, so i'll add a buttress. 7) Almost done! Now add two 'wings' to the braces on each side of the lap jt, ... 8) hey, the legs actually allow the lap joint to rest on them: Bonus!... add some final buttresses, and DONE.

 

Watch it end up being a Frank Lloyd Wright missing museum piece.

 

I grew up with a make-doer - not everything he made was as elegant as this little table(?).

The expression he used coming across a cryptic object like this was "Oh, high concept!" meaning maybe a little beyond the crafter's reach - but kudos

Looks like something made from scraps for a cabin or such

Love it!

Below was made for reading and recording stock market info - holds index cards.

 

Yeah, Make-do is kinda the middle name of "primative", It was "hot" in furniture once upon a time, ditto "tramp" furniture forms, not a clue about now though. Like most furniture forms it's probably down at the moment.

 

I think of make-dos also as the quirky and often useful inventions of someone who strongly prefers not to walk 6 doors down to the hardware store - where he will be charged

You just may not know what they're so useful for without that guy's explanation, which can be entertaining, too!