I've bought the book Queen Anne Furniture by Norman Vandal in a second hand bookstore here in South Africa a few years ago. The projects did seem a bit complicated to me so it stood on the shelf until about August when I took it down again and had another look. I gave the book to my brother and told him to select a project for me to make, and he was nice enough to choose an easy one.
I drew the profiles in CAD and cut templates on the CNC at work, all the actual work was done on manual machines.
It was my very first attempt at making Queen Anne legs as well as hand cut dovetails, and probably my most complicated project to date.
All wood except the drawer were laminated. I had a very low budget.
Wood used is Meranti, stained with an old tin of Mahogany matching stain I had on the shelf.
Finish were Woodoc 2000, a South African product that I also had an old tin. I had to sieve it to remove all the gelled bits. First coat was sprayed on, then sanded and then atnother two coats were sprayed.
A time breakdown for those who contemplate making this.
CAD drawing and cutting templates: 4 hours
Laminating and planing wood: 5 hours
Cutting the aprons on the bandsaw: 1 hour
Making the legs: 4 hours
Shaping the table top: 1.5 hours
Making and mortising the drawer runners: 1 hour
Making the drawer: 1.5 hours
Making and shaping the leg brackets: 1 hour
Making and inserting tenon dowels: 1 hour
Final sanding: .5 hours
Staining and finishing: 2 hours
Total time: 22.5 hours
Started on Monday 13 September 2010 and completed on Thursday 28 October 2010.
In retrospect, it was much easier to make than I thought it would be.
Criticism would be welcome. I see a few things that I think could be improved, but would like to see if other people see the same mistakes.
My mother thinks it is nice.