Side table. NOW FINISHED!

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WoodAddict

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I decided to build myself a side table for the living room. I started with some planed timbre and went from there.

glued up the 4 strips to make up the top piece -

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Drilled the frame pieces for dowel pegs -

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And then the glue-up -

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Planed the top piece -

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Tidy up the frame, fix the bottom shelf and glue and dowel the top on after running the router around the bottom edge -

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Tidy up the top pegs, plane, sand and now it's finished. The first coat of varnish is just drying.

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Should hopefully be able to get some better pictures tomorrow night once it's finished and in the house.

Thanks for looking! 8)
 
Vaseline with sawdust.......... ouch! :oops: :shock: :lol:

It came out of my toolbox that I'd not opened for ages. I seem to remember having it for the gearbox bearings on my old scooter :?

I must tidy up more! :roll:
 
looks clean, thinking of having a go at a side table for my second project and i haven't done any doweling yet, did you use a bench drill for that or have you got a cunning method without?! Thanks for sharing
 
No bench drill yet so I just used a battery drill and a spade bit. I clamped things together and drilled each hole through the 2 sections in one go. Then I numbered everything up so that if they weren't perfectly square then they would still work together ;)

It worked out well 8)
 
I'd worry about cupping of the top with all the boards the same orientation, but it's an attractive little table.
 
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