I’ve blogged about the design and construction of this table here before. I thought I’d add it as a project with a few more photos (sorry for the quality of these, they were taken quickly just before the table was packed up to go to its final location).

The table is made from Hard Maple with Cherry string inlay. The construction is loose mortise and tenon. The legs are splayed by 2 degrees to give it a more modern and delicate appearance. The finish is General Finishes Arm-R-Seal rubbed out with steel wool and paste wax. Thanks for looking!

I thought I’d post a complete project on this table. I blogged about it as it was built – you can look at my blog and search for Queen Anne Side Table to get the details.

The able was my first attempt at a reproduction piece and a first attempt at cabriole legs. I enjoyed the build and I think that there may be a few more reproduction pieces in my woodworking future.

The wood is cherry with soft maple as a secondary wood for the drawer box. The finish is boiled linseed oil, followed by garnet shellac and then a top coat of semi gloss Arm-R-Seal. Finally, I rubbed the finish out with 0000 steel wool and then applied some paste wax (with steel wool for added protection.

I recently designed and completed this hall/sofa table. There are more details on the design and construction at my blog. Here’s the short version:

The table is made from 8/4 and 4/4 Walnut. I attempted to create an Arts and Crafts style piece with some Asian influence and simple lines. It is constructed with loose tenon joints and visible contrasting dowels. It is finished with a thinned oil/varnish blend that was wiped on.

Hello all,

I’m new to the LumberJocks family. I’ve visited the site bit in the past and finally decided to join – I’m glad I did it seems like a great woodworking community.

To start things off, I thought that I would post a recent piece of my work. It is a Chest of Drawers based on a Harvey Ellis design done for Stickley.

The project is made from Quarter-sawed White Oak (QSWO). The only secondary wood used is for the drawer boxes which are Poplar. I did not have stock thick enough for the legs so they are laminated from two pieces of 4/4 stock of the same board for grain matching (with this technique the side of each leg sort of looks like a bookmatch).

All of the panels are resawn and bookmatched QSWO and are about 3/8” thick. The back has two panels one above the other as well, but I do not have a picture of that handy.

The drawers are Poplar boxes with 1/4” Oak plywood bottoms. The drawer fronts are QSWO and applied with screws from inside the drawer box. Nothing fancy on the drawer box joints, I used a Drawer Box bit from Lee Valley. I also used ball bearing drawer slides from Lee Valley for the drawers to get full extension. I built this for my 9-year old son and I wanted him to have an easy time with the drawers.

The finish is hand two colors of Watco Danish Oil followed by a hand rubbed Oil/Varnish mix. This is topped with Paste wax applied with 0000 steel wool to get a satin finish.

This was a great project to build and if there isone thing I learned it’s that all of the QSWO is HEAVY! Sorry for the quality of the photos they were taken quickly before it was put in place in my son’s room.