African Mahogany End Table

[Michael Pauly]

My wife asked me to make a round end table for the nursery that would match the Cherry and African Mahogany crib that I made for our daughter http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=91289. So I decided to make a 22" round table with double tapered legs out of matching African Mahogany. The design and proportions were my own and I'm really pleased with the results, but more importantly so is the wife.

Couple of more firsts for me:
- First design of my own without any plans.
- First round table top (made a jig to cut on the BS)
- First use of floating tenons (stupid error on my part cutting the aprons to the final dimension without accounting for the tenon length required it).
- First double taper on legs (made a simple tapering jig for the TS)
- First use of figure-8 fasteners to attach the top
- First use of my (finally setup) Unisaw

Sanded to 220 and finished with 1 coat of Seal-a- Cell and 3 coats of Arm-r-Seal, buffed in between coats with 0000 steel wool.

Sorry for the bad lighting...the flash makes it appear a little redder and shinier than it is in person.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1637/endtablesmallcb2.jpg


I'm really happy with the grain matching on the top with four 6"wide boards

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6506/endtabletopsmallur9.jpg


Thanks for looking,
Michael

[Norman Pyles]

Nice looking table, and some beautiful wood.

[gary Zimmel]

Great to get a few more firsts out of the way....

And congrats on getting to use your uni.

As Norman said, nice looking table. Whats next on the agenda.

[Don Bullock]

Simple, but elegant. Michael, that's a beautiful table. Congratulations on all those "firsts." The top is in fact, well matched.

[Dewey Torres]

Nice table and wood choice.

I hope you love your UNI as much as I love mine. That thing is an absolute dream compared to my old contractor saw.

You know you are taking your woodworking to a new level when you are able to overcome mistakes such as your use of the loose tenons. We would have never known unless you told us.

[John Michaels]

I like it!! Nice job.

[Jim Becker]

Excellent work!

[Brent Ring]

Very Nice - Simple Lines! Impressive Work!

[John Thompson]

Well done, Michael. And nice hard-wood floors it sits on also. :)

Sarge..

[Prashun Patel]

Very nice. Nice tapers. How'd you do yr floating tenons?

[Michael Pauly]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. The simple design was twofold, easy to build and fits the decor of the nursery. Next I'm thinking about building a hall table (but don't have a design yet) or a writing desk similar to a David Marks design here (http://www.djmarks.com/photo.asp?image=/photos/woodworks/511_contemporarywritingtable.jpg) in black walnut and curly maple top and a different handle design.

As for the pictures, that room gets tons of daylight so we unfortunately have put off adding extra lights in there. I took the picture in the evening in near darkness and I was too lazy to go get extra lights....thus the need for the flash.

Dewey: The Uni is several classes above the BT3100 that I had been using. Way more power, far more stable, much more accurate when setup properly, WAY better fence (have the unifence) and more work surface with the 52" fence. I also have the uniguard which I'm kind of ambivalent about, but I really like the uni-splitter.

Shawn: I made the mortises with a plunge router, edge guide and a 3/8" spiral up-cut bit a little more than 1/2" deep on both sides. I clamp the piece in my front vice, raised above the bench top about 2" (enough clearance for the edge guide) and then use a 2" think piece of wood placed on the top of the bench to add more surface for the router to sit. The tenons were made from the same African Mahogany, planed down to 3/8", rounded with a beading bit and cut into 1" lengths. Really is pretty simple to do and not much pre-planning or calculations involved.

Thanks again,
Michael

[Prashun Patel]

I like that Marks table too. I read somewhere here, though, to be careful of the fully enclosed top. Not sure how that design allows for movement of the top.

[Michael Pauly]

I like that Marks table too. I read somewhere here, though, to be careful of the fully enclosed top. Not sure how that design allows for movement of the top.

The top would be veneered ply to alleviate any movement.

Michael

[Russ Massery]

Most excellent. Well Done.