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    first project: Entryway Table

    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.

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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.

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    Very nice work, Dave! And that dinosaur really sets things off. LOL (Seriously nice work!)
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    Very nice.......
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    Great looking table
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    Very nice, Dave. You did a really good job of cutting the drawer fronts out of the front panel. It looks very sharp.

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

    I'm with you! First project? Very well done Sir!
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    Great first project! Just out of curiosity, how are the drawers installed? Are they on slides?

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

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    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...

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

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    Very nice table.
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