Lamesang Kawayan/Bayog - A Traditional Table of Ilokanos (Bahay Kub...

Greetings!

A few days ago when I finally got the time to start my months-old idea of building a scaled model of Bahay Kubo I realized that I should build the commonly seen furniture inside a Bahay Kubo first instead of the Bahay Kubo itself.

With that said I started by building a scaled model of a bamboo chair. As I am building the bamboo chair I realized that the size of the bamboo chair will be the basis of the size of the scaled models that I am going to build next so I made the smallest bamboo chair possible.

By the way, here's a fun trivia, in Ilokano dialect/language, we call a table "Lamisaan" (read as Lamisa-an) be it a wooden table, glass table, stone table, and the like.

But we, Ilokanos also have a specific name for some kinds of table. For example, we call a bamboo (kawayan) table "Lamisaan nga kawayan", we call a wood table as "Lamisaan nga tabla".

Also, we Ilokanos came to call a bamboo table "Lamisaan nga kawayan" is because of course it is made of bamboo (kawayan) and "Lamisaan nga Kawayan" is a counterpart of the Tagalog term "Lamesang Kawayan".

Building the Scaled Bamboo Table

And so come the time in building a bamboo table (since I first built a bamboo chair first I think it is only logical that I build a bamboo table next).

I started by creating the four legs of the table with a height of 2 inches.

Table legs

And then I followed by creating a tabletop frame with a size of 2 inches by 3 inches.

Tabletop frame

Next is the parts for building the tabletop

For building the tabletop

Putting the Pieces Together

After creating all the needed parts it is now time to put the pieces together. I am still going to use a glue gun in putting the parts in place.

The first that I glued together is the tabletop frame.

Gluing the tabletop frame

After I glued the tabletop frame I proceeded in gluing the pieces of the tabletop.

Gluing the tabletop pieces into the table frame

Here's the reverse view of the tabletop after I glued the pieces together.

Reverse view of the tabletop after gluing the tabletop into the table frame

Next are the four legs of the table.

Gluing the table legs

Another view of the tabletop

Underside view of the table

Finished product with the bamboo chair that I made a few days ago. Click here to see the post on how I made the scaled model of bamboo chair.

For comparison here's a cherry tomato (right) and a larger cherry tomato (left)

Here's another view of the scaled bamboo table together with the chair that I made a few days ago

Side view of the scaled model of the bamboo table and bamboo chair

Top view of the scaled model of the bamboo chair and bamboo table

Another top view of the bamboo chair and bamboo table

Here's the bamboo that I used in building this bamboo table (which is a remnant of the bamboo that I used in creating the bamboo chair, I only used a portion of this cut of bamboo. I will be using the remaining in building a "Katre" or bamboo bed.

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Lamesang Kawayan/Bayog - A Traditional Table of Ilokanos (Bahay Kubo Living - Scaled Model)

Building the Scaled Bamboo Table

Putting the Pieces Together

Finished product with the bamboo chair that I made a few days ago. Click here to see the post on how I made the scaled model of bamboo chair.

For comparison here's a cherry tomato (right) and a larger cherry tomato (left)

Here's the bamboo that I used in building this bamboo table (which is a remnant of the bamboo that I used in creating the bamboo chair, I only used a portion of this cut of bamboo. I will be using the remaining in building a "Katre" or bamboo bed.