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Ships Wheel Table Base
This is how we recycle a 19th Century French Ship's Wheel

 

  
 

View 1
All good projects start with a plan, and we love it when a plan comes together!



 


    
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  View 2
No... this is not a ship's wheel base.  Our wood worker built this contraption to turn the table base.







 
    
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  View 3
Now that's more like it.  This is the ship's wheel base in the raw for a test fitting.  Sweeter than a Super Model.






 
    
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  View 4
They don't do photos from this angle on Super Models.  We simply must to show the bolt through construction.  The table disassembles completely...that's sweet.





 
    
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  View 5
A nice clear view through a 1/2" thick piece of glass that shows off the beauty of the ship's wheel painted patina.






 
    
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Another view shows how we blend the aesthetic of form, color and patina to hold the wheel for its new found purpose in life.






 
  
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