I built the first of these “torsion tables” for my book “Making Elegant Custom Tables,” and it wasn’t until years later that I realized that the engineering is unique, leading me to revisit. One of the things I like about this design is that it is visually light and airy while actually being quite strong and stable.
I named this particular table a “torsion table” due to the resemblance between the way its various parts are given stability and the suspension on my mother’s old ’62 Volkswagon that relied on torsion rods in place of springs to cushion its ride. That may be a stretch, but then the way this table gets its strength is unique and deserves a name. It has none of the parts you would normally associate with
