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Table for my Son Table for my Son Table for my Son Click the pictures to enlarge them

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.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com


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dennis mitchell

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posted 584 days ago

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

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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oscorner

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posted 584 days ago

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

-- Jesus is Lord!

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Don

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posted 584 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.canterburybaptist.org/

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Karson

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posted 584 days ago

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

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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scottb

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posted 583 days ago

Yes, that chessboard is fantastic.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh

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Karrie

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posted 582 days ago

Dad -

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

Karrie

-- Karrie

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Susie

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posted 581 days ago

Karson,

This looks great. Keep up the good work.

Susie

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Louis Hill

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posted 527 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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Louis Hill

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posted 527 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

12734 posts in 850 days


posted 527 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.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Bill

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posted 527 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

12734 posts in 850 days


posted 526 days ago

No The Thorsen is trying some new skills.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Blake

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posted 238 days ago

Wow Karson, That’s gorgeous!

-- Dust collectors suck.

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rikkor

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posted 238 days ago

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

-- Maplewood, MN

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Karson

12734 posts in 850 days


posted 210 days ago

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

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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