This was a simple coffee table with drawer made with about $20 in materials and spanning three afternoons. My daughter wanted something that she could move easily from apartments and maybe even leave behind when she finishes her post docterate in boston. She is a research fellow at Beth Israel Hospital
This afternoon, I cut out the legs, planed and rough sanded everything, Routed ogees on edges, assembled the legs to the table and installed the drawer with the drawer slides.
My daughter is coming home for a few days at Christmas so I’ll let her do some sanding with the ROS and then I’ll spray a couple of coats of poly on it. I guess that will constitute afternoon number 3.
Maybe I’ll post it as a project when it’s poly’d. I dunno. A short project that’s for sure.
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Sanding/planing top

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Cut out legs

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Ogee edges
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Install legs (pocket hole screws/glue)
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Install drawer slides. I cut them down with my grinder as they were too long.

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I decided to make some small feet to be a bit more decorative.


-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful. http://gagnerwebsite.com/Deceiver/Craftsman_on_the_lake/Craftsman_on_the_lake.html

















13 comments so far
sandhill
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#1 posted 160 days ago
Nice Job it came out very nice I like the design as well.
Craftsman on the lake
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#2 posted 160 days ago
Thanks. nothing spectacular. I just made it as I went along. Rough drawing by the daughter and that’s it.
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eddie
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#3 posted 160 days ago
Dan i like it ,looks great,i got a order for a table mind if i use this plan ,im not a sure fired firnuture maker but think this is with in my skill leval, and she just wants a nice one that she can afford, thanks for sharing .looks like a 1×4 for the feet bottems
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stefang
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#4 posted 160 days ago
Beautiful design and craftsmanship. I’m sure your daughter will love it.
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doordude
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#5 posted 160 days ago
craftsman; looks like another fine build.i guess your finger isn’t bothering you, to keep you out of the shop.
are you letting your daughter apply the finish when she comes home? got to get her involved too.
merry christmas
StuffMadeFromWood
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#6 posted 160 days ago
Impressed and inspired.
RR
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Oldtool
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#7 posted 160 days ago
Really nice able, got an early american / country look about it. Please show after the finish is installed.
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Craftsman on the lake
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#8 posted 160 days ago
thanks, the feet are some scrap pine btw. What’s fun is that it’s framing lumber and about 6 hrs work. And it’s fun designing on the fly.
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gfadvm
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#9 posted 160 days ago
That looks very professional. I would probably require about four times that much time to create this. Very nice design on the feet and legs.
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#10 posted 160 days ago
for 20 bucks and your time this is a pretty cool table for your daughter, i like the legs…i might use them for a table im thinking of doing…
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ellen35
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#11 posted 159 days ago
I’m sending you my pile of sawdust… you can probably make a Greene and Greene living room out of it!
I love how you take not nothing and turn it into something really nice… the proverbial sow’s ear into a silk purse!
Happy holidays, Dan.
Ellen
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Roger
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#12 posted 159 days ago
Being 2x material, it’s nice n stout. Very nicely done.
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#13 posted 158 days ago
Good design, good build, great result!
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