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

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

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--Proud LJ since 2007

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?

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 http://www.portablesawmill.info

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.hillsbiblechurch.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? Well of course she is!