Walnut and Maple End Table

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Slim

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Here is a project I finished today. It is a walnut and maple end table, made for a real, paying customer! :D

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My brief was a complete carte blanche, apart from the fact it needed a drawer and a shelf. It spent quite a while in the design stage, and was redesigned several times before I thought it was right.

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The legs extend trough the table top. I asked the question about expansion issues on the forum, and WiZer suggested that I leave a gap around the legs and make it a feature. I'm glad he did, because I think it worked very well. Thanks WiZeR. :wink:

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The hardest part for me was the M&Ts for the rails. Because the legs are curved, the shoulder for the tenon also had to be. This was done with a template and router, but it took quite a while to get it right.

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I experimented with a maple drawer pull, but in the end, I decided not to have one at all. So instead, I routed a finger groove in the underside. The drawers run on tandem blumotion runners. The big orange levers are the locking devices.

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It is finished with Osmo PolyX, which was recommended by Rob (woodbloke), in another thread. I must say, it is excellent stuff. Highly reccomended.
 
Simon,
That is a very nice looking table. I think I would have liked it even more if it had been taller in proportion to its width but I guess that might have been contrary to its intended purpose?

In any case, it's a super job. Is the joinery at the junction of the legs and apron rails curved - or have you made flat surfaces there?
 
wow, no really... WOW! :D

Very nice indeed, glad my suggestion paid off.
 
Wow! :shock: Thanks for all the feedback guys.

Chris - Yes, the rail-leg joinery is curved. It took a while to get right, but I'm glad I persevered.

Philly - Ofcourse, my Phillyplane was instrumental in the construction. :wink:
 
Great stuff - very attractive indeed. A job you can be proud of and great that its a proper commission.

Cheers

Tim
 
Now that is a really nice piece of work! I love the contrasting timbers - and all very nicely thought out. Refreshingly different.
 
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