Hi,
This is the first piece of furniture I have ever built, so be gentle It is an entry hall table for keys and junk. It was an ad hoc design as you go project built to fit the area.
Materials: Cherry throughout with a Pomelle Sapelle (sp?) border
Top: Mitered P/S 5/4 to two pieces of laminated cherry 4/4. The ridge on the underside is used to align the box. The top is glued up with biscuit reinforcement.
The box is 3/4 cherry. I was going to use floating tenons but chickened out. Because of the small size, I figured biscuits would work and used them for all joints. The legs were tapered using a home made tablesaw jig. The tops were rabbeted in two planes so the weight is spread across the tabletop joint.
The drawer box is through dovetailed 3/4 maple. I cheated on the slide and used a ball-bearing 8" slide.
Errors:
1) minor dust on the finish
2) When I made the drawer front, I did trim it about 1/16 to compensate for some space between it and the table top... But when I was mounting it to the drawer, the shims used to keep it in place were larger and it sits about 1/16" too low.
4) drawer box supports are 1/16 out of square at the back. No functional problem, but annoying. (The glue up was really rushed and it started to harden before I had a chance to ensure good alignment - used tightbond III)
Any advice for future projects would be appreciated.