My son, starting his first year at Texas A&M, (~15 months ago) said he didn't need a table in his apartment - he could just sit at the couch and eat. I begged to differ, and decided to make him a small table. And, I "threw the line out" on facebook with my network, asking who else might want one. My son's life-long friend said he would take one too, so I doubled the recipe's ingredients (so to speak).
These are made from pine I harvested back in Sept 2001.
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They are 30" tall and ~27" square tops. Each has one (big) drawer.
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The drawers slide (pine on pine) between the bottom rail and an upper kicker. A little bit of canning wax makes them go slippy slidy.
I keep, in the shop, this lazy suzan jig that allows me to spin an object while I am am sanding or finishing. Quite handy. Just a 12" ball bearing ring between two pieces of MDF. Bottom MDF is longer which allows clamping it to the work surface.
I used two colors of milk paint - one is salem red and the other is barn red. Paint is from from The Old Fashioned Milk Paint company. Go read about it if you are not familiar with it.
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I silk screened a checkerboard on top with black milk paint. Turned out pretty good. Then, I used clear lacquer to topcoat them. Both recipients were very happy to receive them.
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Thanks for looking. (I have a ton more photos of the process if there is any interest)
Todd