Popular Woodworking 2004-02 № 139, страница 45
A great way to try cold-bending, learn a new band-saw trick and fire up the hand-held power planer. lmost any discussion of the legendary furniture designs of Charles and Ray Eames begins with plywood that has been formed into seemingly impossible shapes. During World War II, this husband-and-wife team worked for the U.S. Navy to shape plywood under heat and pressure in ways that had not been done before. Their goal was to make lightweight splints, stretchers and even a shell for an experimental glider. But what they ended up with was the technology to create one of the most memorable pieces of 20th-century furniture: the Eames molded-plywood chair. To complement this celebrated chair, the couple designed a coffee table similar to the one shown here. The most notable difference is that the Eames table has a top with a shallow depression in the middle that is molded from five wooden layers, also known as plies. Our top is made using solid wood and is flat. (To see a photo of the original table, which is still manufactured today, visit Herman Miller's web site, hermanmiller.com.) by Christopher Schwarz Comments or questions? Contact Christopher at 513-531-2690 ext. 1407 or "You usually find that what works is better than what looks good. You know, what looks good can change, but what works, works." — Ray Eames popwood.com 43 |
