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Table Serving
Trestle Table Dining In Medieval Design
Early trestle table design was practical in construction and desirable because it was easy to disassemble and transport. It was and still is the perfect occasional table. With it's simple design, those seated do not have the inconvenience of four fixed legs at each corner of the table getting in one's way much like the design of a pedestal table.
During the day the common room or the great hall as they were known was again cleared and used as the Lords deemed fit. As time went on castles became a symbol of power and less as a place of defense and population centers grew also known as cities. Castles and manors were functioning more like homes which needed furniture and craftsmen started to build more ornate pieces. Around the 1500's the trestle table became an important piece of furniture.
Designs ranged from plain and very utilitarian to very regal and ornately decorated. Sawbuck, melon-turn and slab-side were the popular choices of style. Sawbuck is an X-shape support system, a sawbuck device used in holding the wood is where the named derives from. Melon-turned was spherical and very ornate rounded post ends, a predecessor to the pedestal design. The slab-sided design is slabs of wood possibly decorated and placed vertically holding the ends up between the trestles.
In the 16th century the basic trestle design was made more static and the gate-leg and refractory tables were created. With the ease of assembly and storage this design of table has been very popular to this day as those seated are not effected by the legs of a traditional table with fixed corner legs.
Imagine the great halls of Europe, Henry the XVIII ripping into a leg of wild boar served at his massive trestle table. In castles of kings, in great halls of the wealthy between the 12th and 15th centuries these great tables served feasts. Diners would be seated on long benches or stools on one side of the table while the other was used for serving. This may be why earlier tables were narrower. After the feast the table could be dismantled and stored to one side of the great hall. Free standing pillars with cruciform feet for stability were used for support.
These pillars were sometimes just plain and other times ornately decorated. Very few medieval tables exist today, but a fine example can be viewed in the Great Hall of Penshurst Place, Kent where a pair has been in existence since the 15th century. Something of this caliber, if you were lucky enough to find it, would be priceless.
The predecessor to the trestle table was called the table board and frame style, being a long plank of wood resting on a frame of several trestles also called horizontal beams. The legs were designed to be easily dismantled for storage and were very practical for travelling. The bridges of wood were pegged and braced to he tabletop.
With its two pedestals fastened to a horizontal stretcher with stout tenons and locked into place with wedges the trestle table is born. For a little Gothic twist, add an arched stretcher with cut stopped champhers in the legs and the stretcher.
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How do you hit a really good spin serve in table tennis?
Does anyone know how to hit one of those really spinny serves in table tennis.....please help me.....
The hand motion you must use is that of turning a door knob in an anti-clockwise direction. Do this with your hand without the bat just to practice. When you have the bat in your hand and you'ree on the table, practice this motion. See if you can serve the ball as per normal, that is, making it bounce on your side and then into the other.
Do the above motion, but sort of "kiss" the ball with the bat while doing the hand motion. It won't work as well if you make too harder contact with the ball. Try to be as balletic and graceful/fancy as possible if you want at this point haha.
It may look strange at first, but when you master it your serves will be very difficult to play as they will have top and side spin imparted on the ball.
If you're right handed, the ball will spin rapidy and sharply after hitting the table and veer to the left in a very pronounced way.
It's one of the most satisfying techniques while playing the game and you can use the same principles when playing shots in rallies.
Just make sure you obviously clear the net.
You should also challenge yourself and see if you can do it on your backhand. Very challenging I find at first.
Happy playing 
Table Tennis : Advanced Table Tennis Serving Tips