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This is a shaker table that I built a few years ago from Fine Woodworking "Furniture for around the house". I decided to change it from Cherry to Walnut as I liked the color a bit more. The tricky parts to this table included dovetailing the drawer, tapering the legs and finishing. I used all hand tools to do the finish work including scrapers and a low angle smoothing plane.

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That's a fantastic looking piece !!!

Looks like you nailed it (no pun intended), too-particularly the DTs !

Favorite-ed. Very nice !
 

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Very nice table, i am a huge fan of "Shaker furniture" and this looks great, however i would have used a different drawer pull but thats just me.
 

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"When I have some time" I would like to redo the drawer with half-blind dovetails and replace the knob. I have had the same comment from others. I need to get a more authentic shaker know that is the same kind of wood to make it look better.
 

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I'm a Shaker guy too & appreciate the dimensions. I was surprised to learn that the Shakers often used walnut (my favorite wood) in addition to cherry. 1/2-blinding the drawer & turning a knob might add to your pride in the piece. Either way, it's a great piece.
 

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This would make any Shaker jealous!!

As mentioned about the pull, the shape- to me- looks dead on but maybe a different wood choice.

Lew
 

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Shade makes legs look thick but actually it's not.
Nice table.
 

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Question… are all 4 sides of each leg tapered, or just two sides?
 

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Only the 2 inside edges of the legs are tapered using a tapering jig on the table saw.
 

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This is a beautiful table.
 

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super looking table.
 
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