I began with the dimension that I wanted, divided the rectangular surface in half to form to equal triangles and then found the centroid of each to determine the “drop points” as I like to call them (the depressions that hold the table up). The depressions themselves were modeled with a series of altered sine/cosine curves.

After joining the depression and uppersurface, all that was left was to offset to the desired depth and create a cutting template. I used a couple of scripts I developed to section the table then notch and lay out all of the pieces. Viola.

I cut a half-scale mock-up out of 1/16th cardboard a couple of weeks ago with the help of my buddy Oscar and his giant laser cutter. There were some balance issues that I’ve since resolved. The images below are of the original version. The renderings are of the upgraded version, which I hope to cut out soon.

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