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I wondered if a hobbiest should keep his work to himself, but then I ended up guessing that far more of you are more like me than the pros. Hope you enjoy these simple tables I designed.
The wife wanted a couple of small new end tables for the living room. They were to replace some old cast iron ones that we had for years, but she had grown tired of them. Anyway, 15 years ago I built end tables and the coffee table for the family room, and she wanted these similar, but not exactly the same. (Can anyone decipher just what ladies really want?)
She held up her hands and said, "Make them about this big." The tape measure came up with about 12" wide by 22 long and 21 high - so that is the finished sizes.
I looked thru my notebooks and on-line forums, but could not come up with a simple design that suited what I wanted them to look like, so I designed my own. The tapered legs just didn't do it for me - too weak looking - if that makes sense to anyone but me. I made a few rough sketches by hand, and finally came up with this easy to build project:
All wood is left over mahogany that has been in the shop for years. The legs are 1.6 square, laminated from two pieces. The top is 3/4 ply laminated with leather finished Formica. Sides are planed to 3/4" and doweled in place. Top edges are 1" thick, as that seemed to look heavier than the 3/4" material. The beading on all four corners of the legs gave it just the look I was after.
Finish is a simple wipe on mixture of polyurethane, oil, and Naptha I read about. It was a bad choice for the beaded legs. The excess material kept wanting to fill up the beads and created a lot of extra work. Bad choice and took way too long. Next time it will be back to spraying clear lacquer after adding the stain…
The wife wanted a couple of small new end tables for the living room. They were to replace some old cast iron ones that we had for years, but she had grown tired of them. Anyway, 15 years ago I built end tables and the coffee table for the family room, and she wanted these similar, but not exactly the same. (Can anyone decipher just what ladies really want?)
She held up her hands and said, "Make them about this big." The tape measure came up with about 12" wide by 22 long and 21 high - so that is the finished sizes.
I looked thru my notebooks and on-line forums, but could not come up with a simple design that suited what I wanted them to look like, so I designed my own. The tapered legs just didn't do it for me - too weak looking - if that makes sense to anyone but me. I made a few rough sketches by hand, and finally came up with this easy to build project:
All wood is left over mahogany that has been in the shop for years. The legs are 1.6 square, laminated from two pieces. The top is 3/4 ply laminated with leather finished Formica. Sides are planed to 3/4" and doweled in place. Top edges are 1" thick, as that seemed to look heavier than the 3/4" material. The beading on all four corners of the legs gave it just the look I was after.
Finish is a simple wipe on mixture of polyurethane, oil, and Naptha I read about. It was a bad choice for the beaded legs. The excess material kept wanting to fill up the beads and created a lot of extra work. Bad choice and took way too long. Next time it will be back to spraying clear lacquer after adding the stain…
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