09-03-2019, 11:07 AM
For years I wanted to replace a crappy table that sits next to the door that leads to our garage. It's a convenient place to drop off keys, cell phones, letters to be mailed, etc. After over a year, my supply of 8 quarter walnut was finally dry enough to use. Over the course of several weeks I make a few sketches and finally decided on a plan. Due to the space it was going to occupy, I first made a prototype from scraps laying around, just to see if it would work OK in the spot. The 2nd pic shows the prototype and the final table side by side. The prototype was held together with brad nails and pocket holes. It went together in about 2 hours. The final table is all mortise & tenon with the top being shop-sawn book matched curly maple. The legs were rough cut on the table saw and hand planed to the final size. The curly maple had too much grain to send though the planer so it was leveled with my trusty old Stanley #4 and a card scraper. All in all, it took about two weeks.
Telling a man he has too many tools,
is like telling a woman she has too many shoes.
is like telling a woman she has too many shoes.