Kirk (KC) Constable
01-08-2005, 4:20 PM
I finished the end tables this morning. Overall, I'm less than thrilled with them...but they were built for me to begin with, so they'll fit right it in with the rest of the 'prototypes' we have in the house. :rolleyes:
Here's the drawer unit.
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtblc.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtbld.jpg
What gripes me no end (already!) is how the bottom drawer front comes nowhere near matching the top two. :mad: All three came from the same board, cut side by side out of the length. I had enough width to cut the top two out of one 14" piece, and the big one the next 14", but I would've had to fill some boo-boos if I did that...so I went the other way. Didn't realize it was gonna look like hell. :( You can see the color and figure change at the right edge of the bottom drawer. I also coulda made the drawers maybe 1/16" wider. The gap at the sides isn't necessarily objectionable (looks bigger than it is in the pic), but it could be less. I used center mount Accuride slides for the drawers.
The other one I'm almost happy with, except the dark top really sticks out. And even though it doesn't really bother me, everybody that told me the top apron shoulda been a bit bigger was right. :o
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtble.jpg[/IMG]
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtblf.jpg[/IMG]
But what REALLY irritates me is that I forgot the damn reclining controls are on the side of the couch...and the tables are too big now. :( I guess that's what I get for making something for KC...
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtbla.jpg
Thanks for looking!
Here's the drawer unit.
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtblc.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtbld.jpg
What gripes me no end (already!) is how the bottom drawer front comes nowhere near matching the top two. :mad: All three came from the same board, cut side by side out of the length. I had enough width to cut the top two out of one 14" piece, and the big one the next 14", but I would've had to fill some boo-boos if I did that...so I went the other way. Didn't realize it was gonna look like hell. :( You can see the color and figure change at the right edge of the bottom drawer. I also coulda made the drawers maybe 1/16" wider. The gap at the sides isn't necessarily objectionable (looks bigger than it is in the pic), but it could be less. I used center mount Accuride slides for the drawers.
The other one I'm almost happy with, except the dark top really sticks out. And even though it doesn't really bother me, everybody that told me the top apron shoulda been a bit bigger was right. :o
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtble.jpg[/IMG]
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtblf.jpg[/IMG]
But what REALLY irritates me is that I forgot the damn reclining controls are on the side of the couch...and the tables are too big now. :( I guess that's what I get for making something for KC...
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/endtbla.jpg
Thanks for looking!