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Shaker style drafting table in cherry. My wife wanted a drafting table, and we had been through a couple of iterations of trying to find one to purchase, when I found an article in an old issue of Finewoodworking for a drafting table. I adapted the mechanism for the table from the article into a Shaker style table that I designed. The mechanism is made entirely out of wood and supports the top at 10 angles. The breadboard ends are still long in the photo, as I wanted the top to go through a season of movement, before I trimmed them to final length.
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11 comments so far
Dominic Vanacora
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posted 229 days ago
This should last for many many years to come with Cherry. Any Draftperson would love this one. I’m sure you wife will be using this for years. Nice project Great workmenship.
-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida
Grumpy
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posted 229 days ago
Nice piece of furniture David. welcome to Lumberjocks.
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GaryK
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Nice table! Those shakers had the simple straight forward thing down.
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Chris
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Really nice job there David. It’s a great design, functional and very pleasing to the eye!
-- Chris
TreeBones
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Another very nice project.
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jeffthewoodwacker
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Nice design—I like the all wood approach
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DAN
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Welcome to lumberjocks !! great looking project
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rikkor
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posted 228 days ago
That’s a fine drafting table.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 228 days ago
Really nice! How are you going to finish it?
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MsDebbieP
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posted 228 days ago
sweet.
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TomFran
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posted 225 days ago
This is very nice!
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