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Table for my Son

Project by Karson posted 1029 days ago 1085 views 0 times favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

My son Daniel was into fighting battles with armies of men on table tops. So he asked me to make him a table. He also wanted a chess table.

So this is what I designed for him.

The table has 3 tops.

The first is Birds-eye Maple and that surface has an edge around it to keep men from falling off the war surface.

The second is a chess table surface with Santos Rosewood and Olive Ash Burl and Leopardwood around the outside.

The third is the flip side of the chess table and it contains Angel Step Maple. It’s kind of like Footprints on a Maple background.

The table is made out of Black oak.

The first picture is shown with the chess table piece removed.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †


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dennis mitchell

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posted 1029 days ago

Nice chess board! Love to play on a great board like that.

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oscorner

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posted 1029 days ago

That’s a very smart design and a very usable table. Or should I say tables?

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Don

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posted 1029 days ago

Karson, this is very nice. Are the insert tops solid wood or veneered wood?

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

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Karson

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posted 1029 days ago

The table surfaces are all veneered over mdf with solid wood on the edges of the table surfaces.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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scottb

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posted 1028 days ago

Yes, that chessboard is fantastic.

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Karrie

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posted 1027 days ago

Dad -

Very nice. I didn’t know you were taking order!! HAHA. Great quality work – as usual!!!

Karrie

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Susie

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posted 1026 days ago

Karson,

This looks great. Keep up the good work.

Susie

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Lou

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posted 972 days ago

i was wondering what kinds of jointery you can use on legs and the leafs to keep them up? would dowels, or biscuts work? im thinking that mortise and tennon would be the best, but i was just wondering if dowels would be strong enough? thanks!

-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)

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Lou

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posted 972 days ago

very very nice! i wanna do another one and put it into a table! i love it!

-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)

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Karson

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posted 972 days ago

Louis: The aprons had mortise and tendon into the legs. the lower table top is screwed to the aprons with Z clips.

The side around the table had a dado grove that went around the lower table surface and there was a dado to hold the top table surface up by about 1/4” off the lower surface.

I used solid wood on the edges of the plywood prior to veneering them. and a cut a small grove where the fingers would go on the upper table surface to allow you to lift it out easier.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Bill

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posted 972 days ago

A great table set there Karson. Incorporating some of that in the Thorsen table?

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

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Karson

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posted 971 days ago

No The Thorsen is trying some new skills.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Blake

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posted 683 days ago

Wow Karson, That’s gorgeous!

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rikkor

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posted 683 days ago

Geez, that is wonderful. That chessboard is amazingly nice!

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Karson

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posted 655 days ago

Updated with a minor description on the first picture. It has the chess surface removed and placed off to the side.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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