Rorton
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So the wife says she wants some new side tables for the lounge - posted a previous thread to get the colour to match up with an existing mantle.
Im not a furniture person, Ive build some cabinets for the bathroom from pine then painted, and a few other bits for the garage out of necessity, but nothing like this which will be made out of oak
We have some 15 year old tables that were from a b&q or similar, which are covered in some fake leather type material, so I put together a sketch roughly based on their size.
Im aiming to make out of oak, and did think about a drawer in the unit - the unit will be 'side on' as it were, so the shorter length would house the drawer.
The top is 500mmm x 335mm, legs are 410mm high, and top is 22mm thick, the stretchers 30mm deep x 20mm
Currently looks rubbish I know, I understand there is an element of having correct proportions to a piece of furniture, so need some help with that.
Do I put some stretchers at the bottom too, and perhaps then lay a shelf on that instead of a drawer (the drawer won't be that wide I guess)
Should I taper the 2 inside faces of the legs, and should the taper start after the stretchers, how much taper should I have. -to I taper 10mm on each face, so the bottom of the legs are 30mm square.
Joinary, im assuming would be best being mortice and tennon - tennons will be simple enough to do on the table saw with the crosscut sled, mortices, not so much. Maybe I could get away with a groove in the leg, starting at the top, and then coming down so far which I could cut with the router, then the tennon could sit in this grove.
I was looking at pocket holes too.
Anyway, this is my next project, so any help appreciated, pics of any ones work for ideas etc
Im a power tool guy, absolutely hopeless with a chisel, I guess if a hole was made with a machine, I could open it out, but bear in mind im not really a hand tool person
Im not a furniture person, Ive build some cabinets for the bathroom from pine then painted, and a few other bits for the garage out of necessity, but nothing like this which will be made out of oak
We have some 15 year old tables that were from a b&q or similar, which are covered in some fake leather type material, so I put together a sketch roughly based on their size.
Im aiming to make out of oak, and did think about a drawer in the unit - the unit will be 'side on' as it were, so the shorter length would house the drawer.
The top is 500mmm x 335mm, legs are 410mm high, and top is 22mm thick, the stretchers 30mm deep x 20mm
Currently looks rubbish I know, I understand there is an element of having correct proportions to a piece of furniture, so need some help with that.
Do I put some stretchers at the bottom too, and perhaps then lay a shelf on that instead of a drawer (the drawer won't be that wide I guess)
Should I taper the 2 inside faces of the legs, and should the taper start after the stretchers, how much taper should I have. -to I taper 10mm on each face, so the bottom of the legs are 30mm square.
Joinary, im assuming would be best being mortice and tennon - tennons will be simple enough to do on the table saw with the crosscut sled, mortices, not so much. Maybe I could get away with a groove in the leg, starting at the top, and then coming down so far which I could cut with the router, then the tennon could sit in this grove.
I was looking at pocket holes too.
Anyway, this is my next project, so any help appreciated, pics of any ones work for ideas etc
Im a power tool guy, absolutely hopeless with a chisel, I guess if a hole was made with a machine, I could open it out, but bear in mind im not really a hand tool person