Bought the materials for the coffee table - around $200. Bought enough materials for the coffee table to start. My 16 year old son did the mortise/tenons and all the cuts. We did staining together.
My 16-year old son built this Arts and Crafts coffee table almost completely on his own. He built it from plans. We did minor parts together. I stained and he wiped the stain to get consistent finish between the pieces.
The plans do not have a tile top so we did some improvising. He made through tenons and a frame for the top. We had to do some improvising since things didn't line up exactly on the top since the tenons were so long. In the end, we cut the tenons shorter and used plugs on the exposed side. Worked well.
I struggled for a while on what base to put the tile on, and remembered I had a partial sheet of 1/2" hardibacker from when we did the laundry room floor. He cut it up and we mounted the hardibacker to the base. Should be more stable than a plywood base (hopefully).
My 16-year old son built this Arts and Crafts coffee table almost completely on his own. He built it from plans. We did minor parts together. I stained and he wiped the stain to get consistent finish between the pieces.
The plans do not have a tile top so we did some improvising. He made through tenons and a frame for the top. We had to do some improvising since things didn't line up exactly on the top since the tenons were so long. In the end, we cut the tenons shorter and used plugs on the exposed side. Worked well.
I struggled for a while on what base to put the tile on, and remembered I had a partial sheet of 1/2" hardibacker from when we did the laundry room floor. He cut it up and we mounted the hardibacker to the base. Should be more stable than a plywood base (hopefully).
My 16-year old son built this Arts and Crafts coffee table almost completely on his own. He built it from plans. We did minor parts together. I stained and he wiped the stain to get consistent finish between the pieces.
The plans do not have a tile top so we did some improvising. He made through tenons and a frame for the top. We had to do some improvising since things didn't line up exactly on the top since the tenons were so long. In the end, we cut the tenons shorter and used plugs on the exposed side. Worked well.
I struggled for a while on what base to put the tile on, and remembered I had a partial sheet of 1/2" hardibacker from when we did the laundry room floor. He cut it up and we mounted the hardibacker to the base. Should be more stable than a plywood base (hopefully).
The tile top adds a lot of personality to the table that the original Rockler plans lack. I love seeing other materials than wood incorporated into furniture, and seeing people push the envelope from the traditional to the mixed medium. You and your son did a great job.
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