My first piece of furniture

It came out great. How did she like it?

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

She’s a huge fan of it!

Looks beautiful, my two favorite woods are walnut and maple, so your project sure caught my eye. Nice job. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Very pretty. Great choice of woods.

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

very cool…thanks for the lessons…turned out great…dont forget to add some “tags” to this post so people looking for ideas will find—-”table, cherry, maple” etc…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...119 days to sanity...

you must have been a woodworker in another life time,great job for your first,also its just a good job first or 100th.keep it up.

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

Nice look…the woods work well together.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

first furniture, not first project. I’ve done lots of other stuff, just no true ‘furniture’ before!

And there are mistakes, you just can’t see them. Some of the seams aren’t perfect, etc.

Nice work!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Jon -

Great looking table. I like the delicate leg taper. Congratulations on the Domino! Its a great tool and a bit of beast to get used to. I just use Tom's Domino and use the money I save to buy lumber and glue! I think it is more available these days now that he is distracted with his lathe . . . LOL

Absolutely beautiful table! You can never have enough clamps!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

I think my tombstone will read “He died because he didn’t have enough clamps!” Looks good. Does the inside Maple float in a frame?

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

This is a great first project. Well done.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Jon exceptional first large piece. I like the way the two wood colors harmonize.

Now for my concern; how have you planned for wood movement? At first glance, I thought the center of the table must be veneer, or veneered plywood. But you don’t make mention of this, so I assume that the center is solid lumber.

My concern is that there is going to be some movement in the width of that center panel, and the mitered corners will be forced open.

Your comments?

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

It is joined with both glue and Dominoes.

I haven’t planned for movement at all. I thought I’d just see what happens, and make a new piece should this one fail spectacularly =)

Very nice table. I appreciatre lessons learned. I always seem to have some errors. I too found that I needed more clamps.

-- WaywardHoosier - Behind schedule and over budget, but who's counting?

Beautiful

I don’t think there will be any spectacular failure. I’d guess that the mitered joints will open up with time. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to build this from solid wood and allow for wood movement while preserving the following design elements: Flat top (no raised panels) & Frame border. It seems that a flat floating panel would have to be built with a gap between the frame and panel to allow for expansion.

-- Che.

Frame and Panel could have been done, but I haven’t built out my router table yet, which is nearly next on the list, once I finish up a bunch of open projects.

I’ve seen significant failure of this design when moved from high to low humidity climates. Keeping it in the area you should be fine.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

nice work !! very pretty woodworking

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

Really beautiful table. The finish is great. I’m glad you’re liking the Domino. I really like mine. That is when it’s not flying around cyberspace in someone else’s shop!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

yah, I think Tom’s toy is at David’s place way too much—I can never get my hands on it!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very nice looking table! I really like the mix of maple and cherry. You did a nice job on the finish as well.

-- Robb

Great job on your first furniture project.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

NIce piece of furniture for your first time keep on truckin.

-- Jeff B.