Mission-style end table

Nice table Robb !! Very well done.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Nice table Robb – looking forward to seeing some of your small projects. You are quite right, Lumber Jocks is the best Forum I’ve found yet. It’s like talking with old friends – even though most of us have never met and probably never will. Seems like everyone is so anxious to help and offer advice.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

I’d say it was well worth the wait. Great job!

-- Jesus is Lord!

Great table Robb. I know what you mean about the timing. My first project of circumstance was a box for my sweetie. Long story short, I had some setbacks and it ended up being a Happy Birthday-Birthday present. LOL

Let me wish you a belated Welcome to LJ.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Nice job Robb. I like the mission style look of your end table. Now you just need to make a matching table for the other end of the sofa. The second one will be easier than the first, since you did it before.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Welcome aboard. You’re gonna love it here. Keep up the good work.

-- Thos. Angle

Very nice Robb—I might have to steal a few design elements for the pair I promised to make as well—I’m going to call them a retirement gift – should give me plenty of time!

-- Dan M, SW Suburbs, Chicago IL -- http://www.djay-crafts.com

”I promised my wife I would build her this table when she allowed me to purchase my planer.” - Robb
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No matter what, you still got the planer, and that’s a BIG plus. Congratulations on a nice job!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

hahah Tom .. you are funny… (you still got the planer.. lol)

Great table – and it’s already full of memories and stories!! :)

Well done – yes, it needs a coffee table and matching end table now :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks Tom. You’re right, to my way of thinking, tool justification is an important part of the “home commission” process ;).

The couch is wedged into a corner at the other end, so I probably won’t duplicate this end table soon. The notion is tempting, though, as I’m sure I’d be able to do another one in less than half the time. This one was really a learning odyssey for me. I ended up making almost all of the parts for it twice, with the exception of the legs. Let’s just say I definitely won’t plane down a bunch of stock and let it sit for several months in the barn to absorb moisture freely. The eagerness to start using that planer really got the better of me. Then again, I suppose if my goal was to use the planer, I got to use it more this way, so I can’t complain!

I also forgot that the selling point of the plan was the non-mortised spindles, and cut them all as though they’d be mortised, and had to remake them.

-- Robb

Debbie, I definitely would like to build a matching coffee table. Right now, our living room is just too dinky. It’s very long and skinny, and usually cluttered with my son’s toys. Someday, when we get a bigger house :).

-- Robb

Maybe you can make a toychest for your son’s items. Then you would have room for the matching coffee table. That should be good enough for a jointer, and maybe even a new sander.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

or make the coffee table double as a toy box

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Lol! Now you’re talking, Bill! Seriously, my next project is for our living room, an entertainment center. Our current TV sits on top of our old console TV (very stylish, my wife assures me). All of our components for the stereo are in a tall, narrow cabinet I built a few years ago from scrap parts at work, and there’s a big mass of wires that drapes from one unit to the other. My goal is to build something to house all the components and some DVD’s, that the TV can sit on top of. That will let us get rid of the old console, and the tall cabinet, hopefully freeing up some floor space at the same time it somewhat beautifies the living room.

Maybe then I can build the toy box / coffee table Debbie :).

-- Robb

Great gift and this design is one of my favorites.For someone just starting out on furniture,you are on the right track.Of course you know that your wife will be expecting additional pieces :-) Very nice work!

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

Andy, thanks for the compliment. It means a lot coming from a craftsman like yourself! Your work is just beautiful.

I really look forward to making my wife some more furniture. This year’s “woodworking season” has been almost entirely consumed with home improvement-type projects for me. It looks like I’m close now to being able to work on some Christmas gifts for family and friends, that will be satisfying. What I really want to sink my teeth into is building us an entertainment center, but I think the cold weather will be upon us before I can get to work on it.

Thanks again for checking out my table :).

-- Robb

Real nice work my friend.

-- Frank, Ca.

Thanks, Frank! I can’t wait for the cold weather to leave us here in MI, so I can get back out to the shop. Teens and twenties are a bit too cold, though :).

-- Robb

A gorgeous end table indeed Robb. Just a great piece of work.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Thanks, Panama!

-- Robb

I am glad this came around again so I got to see it. Nice job.