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I built this table for our living room. My wife saw a similar one in a sales paper and after going to the store and seeing it in person I figured I could make one just as nice, if not as inexpensively.
The entire thing is walnut except the inner drawer parts, those are made from some spalted poplar I had kicking around.
The most difficult part of the entire thing was figuring out how to attach the "X" to the inside corners, I ended up using a loose tenon and slotting the end of the X so that I could slide it down onto the tenons. I worked well, but took some fiddling to get a clean joint.
I closed in the back with random widths of tongue and grooved walnut slats that I slightly beveled to hide any gaps that may open up with seasonal movement.
Brian
The entire thing is walnut except the inner drawer parts, those are made from some spalted poplar I had kicking around.
The most difficult part of the entire thing was figuring out how to attach the "X" to the inside corners, I ended up using a loose tenon and slotting the end of the X so that I could slide it down onto the tenons. I worked well, but took some fiddling to get a clean joint.
I closed in the back with random widths of tongue and grooved walnut slats that I slightly beveled to hide any gaps that may open up with seasonal movement.
Brian