first project: Entryway Table

[Dave Susco]

I finished this up this past weekend after a few months of inactivity. It's now sat in our entryway, tastefully appointed. The wife also put some fancy fabric and a glass bowl she made on it. :D

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It's based on Norm's kitchen worktable (0208) just with box stretchers instead of the H-stretchers. I wanted to try a bunch of different techniques out so the legs got tapered, the aprons and breadboard ends were drawbored and the drawers have a lock-rabbet joint. It's made out of red oak and finished with six coats of mineral spirits, boiled linseed oil and polyurethane mixed in various ratios (one 1:1:0, two 1:1:1, three 0:1:1). I was shooting for a home-made Danish oil and wipe-on poly.

[Jim Becker]

Very nice work, Dave! And that dinosaur really sets things off. LOL (Seriously nice work!)

[Christian Hawkshaw]

Very nice.......

[Von Bickley]

Great looking table

[Yonak Hawkins]

Very nice, Dave. You did a really good job of cutting the drawer fronts out of the front panel. It looks very sharp.

[Bruce Page]

Dave, well done with beautiful attention to detail. The front panel/drawer front execution is spot on!

[Frederick Skelly]

That's a great looking table. You sure that's your FIRST project Dave?
(Guys, we may have a budding Derek Cohen in our midst.)
Fred

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Fred,

I'm with you! First project? Very well done Sir!

[Jay Aubuchon]

Great first project! Just out of curiosity, how are the drawers installed? Are they on slides?

[Joe A Faulkner]

Great job, and congratulations on taking on so many elements in your first project.

[Dave Susco]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. It's been great looking at all the projects on this forum.

Fred, I made some window boxes and a workbench in between when I started and finished it, but it's definitely the first project I started.

The drawers are on kickers, Jay. There's a center one holding them both up, and side ones at either short end. They're mortised about 1/4" into the front and rear aprons, and have rabbets in their edges so the drawers sit in the middle of their openings. I actually cut them too low at first, so I made spacers and those made them too high. All that resulted in me buying a #90...

[glenn bradley]

Beats the heck outta my first piece of furniture. I don't even remember what it was but, it sure wasn't as well done as that. Great work.

[Mark Rainey]

Beautiful table Dave! The grain continuity of the front drawers is spectacular.

[George Bokros]

Very nice table.