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  • atgcpaul
    Veteran Member
    • Aug 2003
    • 4055
    • Maryland
    • Grizzly 1023SLX

    Part way finished Craft Table

    My wife is a scrap booker and used to sew, but her craft table was my one of
    my first WWing project, a large coffee table. I wanted my table back and
    she wanted a craft center. I like these projects because she usually has
    specific needs and always draws up something for me to work from. I fill in the
    dimensions and figure out how to build it.




    I like to use Sketchup so I can play with the dimensions and so my wife can
    give me the signoff once she sees what it will really look like. I also have the
    Cutlist plugin so generating my cut sheet is a breeze.




    I used a vacation day today and took a trip to HD for 4 sheets of melamine. I
    built this dolly for something else but it came in handy today. Man, melamine
    is heavy! I muscled the sheets onto my sawhorses and chopped them to size
    with a circular saw.




    Breaking down the boards to their requisite sizes took the better part of the
    morning. I got back from HD at 10am. Was having lunch by noon and dawdled
    a while because Maury Povich was doing another paternity show. Sad, but
    funny, too.

    Anyway, before I headed to lunch, I setup my dado stack for 3/4" width and
    1/8" height. Here, I've got the TS setup with a sacrificial fence to rabbet
    the edges of the top and bottom panels.




    Cutting all the dadoes and rabbets went pretty quickly. I've got one of my
    boards laid down on my lift cart assembly table. Dadoes and rabbets really
    help to keep everything from sliding around. I only had to use a few clamps
    to keep it together.




    These units are 3' tall so having the cart to lower them all the way to floor
    made assembly easy. Here I've got the main unit assembled and I'm about to
    drill pilot holes for drywall screws.




    After making sure everything fit together, I drilled all the holes for adjustable
    shelves using my Rockler Jigit (love it!), I disassembled everything and brought
    it down to our finished basement where my wife has her craft area. All the
    pieces were reassembled and I screwed on the bases with pocket screws. The
    cabinets are simply screwed together, no glue. I might have to take them
    apart someday.




    First assembled view as you enter the basement. It may help to refer back to
    the original drawing. All the shelves are cut, just not in the basement yet. The
    chair is where my wife would sit. There is a TV on the opposite end of the room.




    This is the guest side of the center. Less storage but supplies will be close by.




    Finally, the sewing machine makes an entrance. I would have liked to have
    made that space wider, but because of the other more important requirements
    that's all I could spare. I may put the machine on a pullout drawer.




    The top sheet is from the scratch and dent from IKEA. We bought it more than
    4 years ago, and my wife has been waiting for the right project. It's 3' x 6'.

    Clearly, I'm not finished, but I'm happy I got this far in one day. I am sore
    from having to move that melamine around as well as standing most of the day.

    I decided to edge band after assembly. I also have to edge band all the
    shelves I cut. There are also 2 drawers to build as well as several slab doors
    which will be inset.


    Paul
  • Brian G
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2003
    • 993
    • Bloomington, Minnesota.
    • G0899

    #2
    Excellent work, Paul. Thanks for the picture-by-picture narrative, too. The LOYL should be thanked for the sketch, too. That sure helps translate the vision to the finished project.

    I look forward to see the final touches.
    Brian

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    • bullethead1964
      Forum Newbie
      • Feb 2006
      • 46
      • texas
      • Craftsman (Emerson era)

      #3
      Paul, nice work and really nice job on the step by step pics!
      I said I want to touch the earth
      I want to break it in my hands
      I want to grow something wild and unruly


      http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid6255915

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      • Shep
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 710
        • Columbus, OH
        • Hitachi C10FL

        #4
        Great work paul, I'd show my wife, but then I might have to build one too.
        -Justin


        shepardwoodworking.webs.com


        ...you can thank me later.

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        • JR
          The Full Monte
          • Feb 2004
          • 5633
          • Eugene, OR
          • BT3000

          #5
          Great work, as usual! I'm very impressed you were able to do all that work in one day.

          JR
          JR

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          • Pappy
            The Full Monte
            • Dec 2002
            • 10453
            • San Marcos, TX, USA.
            • BT3000 (x2)

            #6
            Effective immediately, there will be no more postings of craft tables on this forum by any member. My 'Honey-Do' list has already reached the point of infinity.....

            BTW, great design. May have to steal a few ideas from it.
            Don, aka Pappy,

            Wise men talk because they have something to say,
            Fools because they have to say something.
            Plato

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            • dbhost
              Slow and steady
              • Apr 2008
              • 9209
              • League City, Texas
              • Ryobi BT3100

              #7
              Cool project!
              Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Please check out and subscribe to my Workshop Blog.

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