Shaker Style Table

Nice looking little table!

(Some people will do anything to get their dogs on the internet.)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

nice looking table. I know what you mean, my mom has an everything must match style also. I love the natural finish on the dog, it really brings out the grain. thanks for the post.

very nice … what are the dimensions and did you dovetail the drawer and turn your own knob ?

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

Very nice table, I think the dog matches nicely also. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Thanks for the kind words!

Dusty- the dimensions are 19”W x 30”L (top) and 30”H. The drawer is dovetailed (router)- hadn’t learned to do handcut dovetails at that time. I did turned the knob.

The dog is Quigley.

Lew

That dog model is spot on! Well proportioned and the attention to detail is awesome. Carving the individual hairs must of been mind numbing!

-- Kalamazoo, MI

Had to go and get more wood when I got to the ears

Very good looking table. well dimensioned. Your wife is correct. Simple yet the beauty of the wood completes it. Sometimes I think we can get carried away with so many different colors of wood. There is a place for that to in furniture, but I what I see here in this piece is perfect.

-- JJohn

Thank, jjohn!

Lew

Wow, it even matches the dog. Nice looking table.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

thanks for the info feedback….did you also make your own base moulding in your picture here ? Very nice if you did : )

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

When you said that everything must match. You even make it match the dog.

Great job. Nice design

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Excellent table. How did you cut the “hole” for the drawer? Did you rip the top and bottom and crosscut the middle section for the “hole”? I’m building a similar table with a drawer that isn’t the size of the whole face and wondered about the best way to cut and reassemble.

-- Log...log...it's big, it's heavy, it's wood!

Bill,

I cut the hole. The long cuts were made with a circular “trim saw” and a straight edge guide. I plunged the saw into the board, close to one end, backed up to the vertical layout line and then forward to the opposite end. The vertical end cuts were made with a jig saw using and a speed square as a guide/straight edge. The vertical cuts were the toughest- trying to get absolutely straight cuts. Hint- don’t size the drawer front until after the hole is cut.

Good Luck!

Lew

Hi Lew,

This is a nice table. You did a good job with the construction and finish.

I am sure that you wife liked it but did it pass Quigley’s inspection?

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Thats a nice table, Lew.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker