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  1. 05-12-2014, 7:19 PM #1
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    I made 1 and a 1/4 coffee tables....

    I made my daughter a coffee table, it is in the finial stages, stained and now getting the finish on. My daughter wanted the table dark and my 6 year old grand daughter wanted to leave it light.

    So while the finish was drying on the big table I make a little one for my grand daughter.

    The drawers do not open, just could not come up with a good way to make those little drawers.

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    Yes that is my flip phone, still living in the dark ages.
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  3. 05-12-2014, 9:10 PM #2
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    Great story. Be sure to post pics when you're having afternoon tea with the little one on her special table
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  4. 05-12-2014, 9:27 PM #3
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    Great job Bill.

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  5. 05-12-2014, 9:44 PM #4
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    Excellent!

    Number 1 Grandpa award goes to Bill.
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    Sweet concept and execution!
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  7. 05-12-2014, 10:28 PM #6
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    This grandpa is not worthy to stand in the op grandpa's shadow...

    Well Done, Bill!

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  8. 05-13-2014, 12:56 PM #7
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    Great job, but if a flip phone puts you in the dark ages, where does NO phone put me?
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    Excellent Bill I was wondering about that 1/4 part.

    I was trying to imagine how stable a one legged coffee table would be.....LOL..........Rod.
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  10. 05-13-2014, 5:34 PM #9
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    LOL. Took me a while to figure out the pics. I was thinking, "where's the little one?".
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  11. 05-13-2014, 5:35 PM #10
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    What are the mini drawer pulls made from?
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  12. 05-13-2014, 6:04 PM #11
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    Thanks for the nice comments guys..

    It was a fun LITTLE project, now I am just wondering how I could make some drawers that small. I was thinking maybe take a piece of solid wood and just router it out, the corners would not have to be square.

    The legs are a little large, after I had them made I thought that I should have made them 1/4" scale, the rest of the table is just about 1/4 scale.

    The pulls are just bent 1/8" brass rod, then drilled holes and put them in with some CA glue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Colombo View Post
    Great job, but if a flip phone puts you in the dark ages, where does NO phone put me?
    I guess that would put you back to the Romans....
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  14. 05-14-2014, 10:22 AM #13
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    Bill,
    There was a smallest dovetail joint thread in the neanderthal forum a while back. You should do handcut dovetails with toothpicks!

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  15. 05-14-2014, 1:13 PM #14
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    Every grandchild should be so lucky as this one!
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  16. 05-14-2014, 7:48 PM #15
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    Thats charming Bill. She'll love it!
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    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
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