I’m building this craftsmen style coffee table for oldest son. Now that he’s a college graduate, if I build him enough furniture maybe he will fly the nest?
Dimensions are: 50” long x 25” wide X 20” tall.
I’m building this out of white oak. Quarter sawn white oak woulld have been preferable, but was outside of my budget – here’s home from the lumber yard and laying out the big pieces.
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Match planing pieces for glue up.
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Glue up of major panels in progress.
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I was able to get the top mostly out of two boards, with little added on the sides – here’s trimming to final dimensions.
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Sawing the shoulders for the tongue on the tabletop for breadboard ends:
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Horizontally the table is roughly divided into thirds: doors on either side with three drawers in the middle. Here’s the sliding dovetails for the horizontal dividers between drawers:
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