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I built this coffee table from a Woodsmith plan. This was my first experience with cabriole legs. I’m glad that I had some plans for this learning experience. Also, since the rest of this project is fairly simple, I was able to concentrate my time on making the legs. It was also a good lesson on the use of files and rasps.
I made the table from cherry and finished it with Danish oil, de-waxed shellac and satin finish polyurethane.
The two photos below are a “dog’s and drunk’s view” of the underside of the table.
The first shows one of the table top fasteners that I bought from Rockler. This is the first time that I’ve tried this method. It works great for a lightweight table like this. The next photo shows the date (12-12-12) and the mysterious squares made of bloodwood, black walnut and maple.
These photos show the markings on the leg blanks with transition blocks before cutting.
We enjoyed the cutoffs from the legs.
-- “It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 160 days ago
This turned out very well nice work.
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#2 posted 160 days ago
That is very nice, you should be proud.
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#3 posted 160 days ago
Nice looking coffee table. The cherry looks really nice. So what are the mysterious squares?
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#4 posted 160 days ago
That’s, a very attractive table.
Nice work for a learning experience.
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#5 posted 160 days ago
This came out very nice.
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ChuckV
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#6 posted 160 days ago
Peter,
About those squares. Well, when I started to cut the first mortise, I realized that I had the wrong edge against the fence on the machine!
-- “It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck
Oldtool
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#7 posted 160 days ago
Nice table, great looking legs. Something to be proud of.
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CL810
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#8 posted 160 days ago
Great job – especially the legs!
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Lee A. Jesberger
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#9 posted 160 days ago
Very nice work.
Now are you going to try carving some ball and claw feet? Maybe for a lowboy.
Lee
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Dave
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#10 posted 160 days ago
Lovely table and fine lines. Well done. Nice firewood as well.
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#11 posted 160 days ago
Very nice work
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#12 posted 160 days ago
A handsome table. Give it a couple of hundred years and it will turn nice and dark !
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ChuckV
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#13 posted 160 days ago
That’s an interesting point about the cherry darkening. I made a cherry end table about seven months ago. The cherry in the end table and this table are from the same tree and were finished in the same way. I am amazed at how much darker and richer the end table already is, even though it gets very little direct sunlight.
-- “It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck
Beginningwoodworker
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#14 posted 160 days ago
Beautiful coffee table.
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#15 posted 160 days ago
very impressive build ,love the cherry
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