cherry demilune (half-round) table

[Tom Lindsay]

Hi,

This is my first project post to the Creek; an Xmas gift for the LOML. I picked up some useful tips for building this table from here (around how to bend the apron), and I thought that I would share the results.

I used a variety of joinery on this project; sliding dovetails for the curved aprons to the legs, mortise and tenon for the back apron to the legs, and biscuits for the drawer supports. I'll try to "standardize" a little more in the future. I think I spent as much time building the different jigs for the project as I did on the project itself, but now the next one I make will go faster ;-)

I was going to put on a drawer knob, but my wife voted against it (she likes the "hidden drawer look" (glad I waited and asked). The finish is Watco's and about 7 coats of wipe-on shellac.

Feedback and comments are welcome....

[Tom Winship]

Excellent piece of furniture. Why standardize on the joinery? Go for it!
Tom

[Paul Murphy]

Tom, that is a very nice piece, I'm a big fan of simple elegant form. The cherry looks great.

I would be interested to see more photos of the drawer tie pieces (or whatever it is they are called) which show how they join. I love the "hidden" drawer, and have been thinking of building a similar piece. Also, how did you build the drawer itself, I can't tell how the front joins the sides?

OK, so doesn't tradition allow for a new tool at the completion of a piece for your own home? That's what I tell my wife!

[Thomas Pender]

Simple and perfectly finished. I too would like to see the drawer joinery.

[Baxter Smith]

Very nice piece. I am also a fan of the simple but elegant look.

[Vince Shriver]

Just a very very nice little table - you did a great job on it.

[John Keeton]

Very nice grain and color match, and just overall a well done piece. I enjoy seeing all the joinery and special touches - much better than "standardized" construction!

[Keith Christopher]

The table is wonderfully done !

[Tom Lindsay]

All,

Thanks for the comments.

For those who asked about the drawer construction; I just used dados for the sides into the front and back and glued them. I also routed a 1/2" high x 3/16" deep slot lengthwise in the middle of the drawer sides, and the drawer rides on a thin rail (smoother movement). The drawer is pretty small (about 12" x 12" x 3.5"), so I am not too worried about it pulling apart. I considered sliding dovetails for the drawer too, but could not quite figure a way to cut them into the curved front without raising my dovetail bit way too much in the router (and I have not graduated to "hand cut" dovetails yet).

I have to "fess up" that this was an area that I screwed up. When I cut the dados in the drawer front for the sides, I cut them "through" bottom to top, instead of making stopped dados. I patched it with a small piece of scrap "lamination", so it is hard to see. But I know its there ;-)

[gary Zimmel]

Very nice work on the table Tom.
Great project with lots of different joinery..
Hope to see more projects in the near future.

[Chris Tsutsui]

Wow, very nice.

At first i thought that was your first project, but then I saw that it was the first one you posted...

So I take it you have some woodworking experience.

[Ryan Sparreboom]

Very nice project. Classy indeed.
Well done. What is the drawer bottom, just plywood?

Ryan

[John Thompson]

Simple design.. great joinery.. excellent end results. Love the drawer bottom BTW...

[Joe Leigh]

Nice....if that's your first piece the rest of us are in serious trouble. Oh, and sexiest drawer bottom I ever saw.

[Norman Pyles]

Nice job, I really like the hidden drawer.