Entry Console Table

The intent of this project was to create a full scale furniture object that combines fine woodworking and  FDM 3D printing. The idea for this design came from a preliminary study that explored combining FDM printing with wood joinery.

 

Using Grasshopper (a subprogram within the Rhinoceros software) I was able to create these interesting waffle structure joints that join together using tapered dovetails. The taper means no glue or adhesive was used to connect the legs to the tabletop. The bottom rails where the joints connect to the top are threaded and screwed into the table top.

 

The joints were all printed with a Bambu Labs P1S. Each of the pieces were printed in Polylite Pro PLA with an gyroid infill of 15%, and a shell thickness of 3 layers. The inner joints each take 5 hours to print, while the outer joints take 3 hrs.

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The table top is made from a single piece of spalted maple sourced from a local sawmill. The wood was milled, cut, and put together using the Festool Domino. The top was sealed with shellac and finished with a gel top-coat.

 

The legs and bottom rails are made from hard maple and finished with a gel top-coat. The dovetails in the legs were made using a jig on the horizontal boring machine. The slots in the bottom rails were created using a CNC router.