Entryway Table

[axio]

Hi guys,

I just finished building a couch table a few weekends ago for my mom. It's made of birch from HD, which (surprise surprise) needed to be jointed and planed. I didn't mind though since that was the first time I got to try out my new Tradesman benchtop jointer and the refurbished Delta planer I got from the Bargain Alerts forum many months ago. the top is just edge glued together with biscuits, then I used a Bosch jigsaw to cut the angle on the front. Used the Ryobi router to put a roundover on the top edges.

The legs are also birch, face-glued together, which I then used a flush-trim bit to make the pieces flush and even. Tried out my HF taper-jig for the first time on this.

All other joints are done with pocket-holes - the legs to the the sides, and then the sides to the table top (which I unscrewed 1/3 of a turn to allow for wood movement, I hope).

Stain is minwax Red Mahogany followed with Red Oak. Finish is a few coats of wipe-on poly.

[monte]

Very nice work!

[Pappy]

Nice piece, axio!

[gad5264]

Very eye appealing piece

[lrogers]

Great looking table Axio. I really like the taper on the legs.

[Copper]

Very nice! Very fitting that it is one of the first things people will see when the come inside the house (looks like it's in the entryway).

[Never2old2start]

Man, these projects are awesome! Nice work! And, if I may ask too, how did you do the taper on the legs?

~ Paul ~

[Tundra_Man]

Nice looking table! Great color.

[John Hunter]

Very nice!

[retired wrench]

very nice, clean lines on that piece!! If you had to do it again, would you again use the HD birch ply??,,,,,,,,I was gonna buy a piece of 3/4, it looked kinda not so nice, then I seen the ``made in china`` on the edge.....If this is what you used, you did a very very good job.........Nice eye catcher.......

[the_new_knight_01]

very nice, clean lines on that piece!! If you had to do it again, would you again use the HD birch ply??,,,,,,,,I was gonna buy a piece of 3/4, it looked kinda not so nice, then I seen the ``made in china`` on the edge.....If this is what you used, you did a very very good job.........Nice eye catcher.......

I think he's lucky enough to have a HD which carries solid birch lumber. Somehwere out there are HD's which carry maple birch red oak and poplar all in the same store. All mine has is poplar and red oak.

[Jeffrey Schronce]

I think he's lucky enough to have a HD which carries solid birch lumber. Somehwere out there are HD's which carry maple birch red oak and poplar all in the same store. All mine has is poplar and red oak.

Ya, I think that's it. Jointing and planing ply doesn't seem very practical!

[axio]

Never2old2Start, the tapering jig I used to taper the table legs is this from Harbor Freight:

http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...bCategoryName=

RetiredWrench, the birch is hardwood, not ply. But yeah, I guess I'd use it again. Compared to the prices from my local lumberyard (which is about 30 miles away), it's actually a little cheaper at HD, not to mention the amount of money I save on gas, and the time it takes to get there and back. I'm not saying HD is cheap, but in this case, the birch is cheaper than the lumberyard I've been to.

It takes some work to square up though, but even the wood from my lumberyard needs squaring anyways. I DID have to sort through a lot of pieces at HD to find ones that weren't completely twisted, bowed, warped, etc. I bet it's easier to find good pieces at the local lumberyard though. In fact, I had to go to THREE different HD's to get the wood for this project since most of the wood at the HD's weren't good enough...

Thanks for the comments guys!