New guy here. Google keeps sending me here whenever I have problems, so I figured I'd sign up. Was a union carpenter in NYC for thirty years, installed office furniture, cubicles if you will. Retired now and moved down south. Decided to make furniture for the house, though design was never really my strong suit.
When it comes to carpentry I consider myself a hack, know little about woods, grains, different cuts and even less about finishing. Joinery is a joke. My short term memory is in the crapper, so anything I learn is usually forgotten if I don't use it at least on a weekly basis. It does keep me busy and I do lose sleep when I start problem solving my dreams and can't turn it off
Made some platform beds and end tables and ended up with blocks from the mitered corners. Loved playing with blocks when I was a kid.Anyway it evolved into tabletops, just some fun stuff to keep me busy. This is a red oak and plywood end table, 3'X3' Like most of my projects I tend to wing it and the top was sitting around for awhile without a base. Saw something simple in a TV ad made one change and added a shelf
Apologize for the sideways pics, I have no clue how to turn them around
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