Which one would you choose?

As a fan of mission style furniture I am hardly without bias as to which I would rather see. But to tell you the truth I would rather see the table done first and then the display box would make a wonderful Mother’s Day gift. Both designs look good to me and, at least for me, getting the design set is the crucial step to starting to make sawdust.

By the way how about posting some pictures of your shop when you get a chance?

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I would like to see the flag display and shadow box first. That is the next thing I want to start on. Also a fan of the mission style furniture and would definitely like to see it too.

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I was kind of leaning towards the Flag Display first, simply because I think it would be a quicker project. I can’t wait to start the end table, hence the post here. I think I will go with majority rules on this one. Thanks for the input. Not sure abolut the shop pictures, it is kind of embarrassing how much crap woman (My lovely wife), can stick in the workshop so we could move into the new house. Funny, we moved into the house in late August, and it is still in there! I was hoping to get it cleaned out before posting any pictures. It is 30’ by 40’, and litterally half is crap that doesn’t belong in there!

All right, I’m through venting, I’ll clean up the shop half and get some pictures.

Thanks for the comments guys!

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It all depends on your skill/comfort level. The shadow box shuld be less chalenging ( if you can cut perfect miters), the table has more pieces & probably a bunch of M&T joints to make.
I’m biased, make the table. I like it better. LOL

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You are right about the mortise and tenon joints! Each of those spindles between the apron and bottom rails are all M&T joints. I built a morris chair that pretty much matches this table a couple of years ago, so it shouldn’t bee too hard. As for the miters, no problem there, a lot of scrap wood and some patience and it will work itself out! Thanks for your recommendation.

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I’m currently looking for information on a flag display like you have suggested, so I vote for the shadow box first. I also want to make new bed side tables, so the table can be second…

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