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Walnut coffee table

Project by archie18 posted 319 days ago 652 views 3 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

My daughter requested a simple coffee table so I built this for her. Black walnut with 4 coats of semi-gloss polyurethane.

-- Robert in middle TN


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woodworm

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posted 319 days ago

Very beautiful! Really very nice table. Great job.
I love walnut but cannot afford to buy walnut lumber – I bought walnut mushroom pegs!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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archie18

48 posts in 381 days


posted 319 days ago

I lucked out last summer and got a bunch of walnut and cherry at an estate auction for about $0.50/ft

-- Robert in middle TN

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oldskoolmodder

707 posts in 571 days


posted 319 days ago

Can’t go wrong with Black Walnut.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

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Woodhacker

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posted 319 days ago

Robert, you’ve done a beautiful job. I’m sure your daughter loves it.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

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Bob A in NJ

521 posts in 890 days


posted 319 days ago

Nice job on design and construction. As a maker of two small walnut tables myself lately, these caught my eye.

-- Bob A in NJ

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PeteMoss

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posted 319 days ago

That’s great. My wife has requested a walnut coffee table that she wants to be simple and almost just like this one except she doesn’t want the breadboard ends, which I’m not sure I could construct anyway. Would you mind sharing your overall dimensions? Thanks.

-- PeteMoss

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Todd Thomas

4827 posts in 340 days


posted 319 days ago

great job…looks very nice…

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

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CharlieM1958

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posted 319 days ago

Nice job!

I’m curious. I’ve used both water-based and oil-based poly, and find they have a slightly different appearance. This looks more like water-based to me. Am I right?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Jason34

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posted 319 days ago

Excellent job. I love the breadboard ends.

-- Jason - Colorado Springs

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jimi

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posted 318 days ago

Very nice table! I am curious as to how the legs are attached to the aprons?

-- Jim, SE PA

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archie18

48 posts in 381 days


posted 318 days ago

Thanks for all the nice comments. Dimensions are height 20.5in Top width 23.25in Len 47 in.
legs 2.5in at top tapered to 1.5in.
Finish is oil based poly, i think the white look is glare on the photo.
Legs are rabbeted at top for apron then glued to apron and finally long wood screws from the inside through the legs into the aprons.
Top is attached by gluing and nailing 1/2×1/2 strips to inside top of apron. 1×2x4 inch blocks with 1/2 in x 1 in rabbet are glued and screwed into underside of top with rabbet overlapping strip on apron.

-- Robert in middle TN

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mpatman

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posted 298 days ago

Lovely table, love the Walnut!

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coloradoclimber

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posted 298 days ago

Archie, that’s really nice. I really like the look of walnut.

The legs are 2.5” square at the top. Did you have to laminate stock or were you able to find some thick enough?

Were you going for the continuous apron look? Is that why the rabbeted legs instead of what I would think of as the more traditional mortise and tenon of the aprons into the legs?

Are you worried about strength? Racking of the legs in particular.

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archie18

48 posts in 381 days


posted 297 days ago

I used 3×3 stock for the legs. I wanted the continuous apron look plus doing rabbets was much easier than tenons. I don’t think leg strength will be a problem on a table this short, that was another reason for the rabbets, lots of glue surface to two surfaces of the apron. It is rabbeted on sides and ends to prevent racking in either direction.
THanks for all the nice comments.

-- Robert in middle TN

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