It's been in the design stages for several weeks now.
An American Black Walnut Hall Table.
Early design had three drawers and through tenons in the table top.
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Extra detail
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Drawn with metal handles but I think it will have wooden handles when built.
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The final design
With some redesign of the top. Out go the through tenons, in come two outer rails with the grain running the length with the centre panel having the grain running across the table. Not decided as yet but I might add a very small chamfered edge where the two opposing grains meet.
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Dimensions 60" long, 16" depth, 30" high
I've started cutting the wood for the top, everything was thicknessed i.e. the two outer rails and the short pieces that will be the centre panel were also cut to length. Everything was matched up and marked. Now all these pieces will be kept in the house to acclimatise, none of the top will be assembled until I’ve finished the base & drawers.
The foreground in this pic shows the shorter lengths laid out and marked up for matching, in the background are the two outer rails of the table top.
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A closer view of the pieces
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Next will be sizing the wood and making up the base. :)
On another forum several posters suggested I should change the through tenons with pegs on the stretcher and make them flush on the outer surface and use wedges possibly in a contrasting wood, so....
Do I leave it and do the tenons as planned? or should I change the plan and do them flush as suggested?
Someone is probably going to mention the opposing grain in the top, I've pondered over it for several days, I do have a solution planned. That's why I mentioned small chamfers, it's part of the plan.
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