Nightstands

NICE ! You did a great job on these. I really like how the espresso finish came out. I’m doing a coffee table for my daughter and couldn’t decide on a espresso or a walnut stain. Now I know. Thank You for posting

-- - " If you want square work, You don't cut corners. " - -- Tom Goodman, Santa Maria, CA. woodworkertom@gmail.com

Ultra mod. Very nice.

-- Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven, it don't make 'em biscuits.

Nice work Nic. Those are exactly what I was looking to work on for my next project. Where did you find the plans for those?

-- Ezra in Brew City

Thanks for the nice comments. I designed them myself. I had the wife look up styles online and printed off pictures of we liked and went with this more modern style.

I believe the night stand is 31 inches tall altogether, (1 inch higher than my bed) I think the top is 21 inches wide by 19 inches deep. The router bit is Champher. I think that the top is 1.5 inches larger than the base (3/4 inch for the router on all sides)
The legs are 30 3/4 tall, with a 3.5 inch taper down to half its width. I made the legs by gluing two 3/4 inch oak pieces 1.5 inches wide, i think i went a little over so i could square them up with the table saw.

The sides are 3/4 oak panels made by butt joint glue ups lined up with biscuts. the top and bottom rails are mortise and tennon joints, the pieces themselves are 3/4 inch maybe 2.5 inches wide with a dado channel run down one side for the panel to slide into to give the panel some depth on the legs. i attatched the panel from the inside to the legs using pocket holes and glue, i think biscuts would work fine from there.

The front drawer frame is just simple 2.5 inch rails mortise and tennoned the legs, leaving enough space for the depth of your drawer and a false front. i made the drawer fronts about 9/16 so that there was a little effect of inset creating depth up front.

The back rails are the same as teh front, 2. inch wide mortise and tennoned in.

The drawers are poplar, 9/16. i used my dovetail jig to make half blind dovetails. Dadoed a half inch channel 1/4 inch from the bottom because that the clearance the center rails need. i used 1/2 inch ply for the drawer bottoms. The center slide drawer rails are affixed on an (I) formation support made of oak and pocked holed into teh frame giving teh stand just a little more support. the top is affixed with three rails pocket holed into the top rails so i can put screws in from the bottom up securing it with 9 screws.

I wish i had pictures of the process, and in my little head it makes sense, and let me know if i can clarify the process.

Nicely done.

-- JMP

Very well done they look great

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com