Thread: 2 new tables

Hi Kev, you have been making use of that Blackbutt. Your side table looks great and your finish was fantastic, I'm not overly keen on the drawer pull but thats a personal tast thing. I like them a little plainer. Your coffee table is an interesting piece, wow, mitred legs, I haven't come across that before, a lot of work. Once again I like things a little plainer and would have just run the top over the legs but again thats just my taste. For everyone that likes it plainer you will find someone who likes more detail as you have done. Great pieces Kev and you have lots more Blackbutt to go mate.

Outstanding work Kev. I really like the slim elegant lines of the hall table. And I can't imagine how hard it was to make the mitred legs.

Spotted gum is so under rated, you have used some nice pieces and the finish is natural. You are making some individual pieces, stick with what you like to do and don't stray back to the "norm"

Dills.

Beautifully made and finished Kev.

I particularly like the Spotted Gum used in your hall table.

I like the hall table, the way that you used one piece for the front and draw.

The way that you did the coffee table legs in interesting and some very long hours I figure. For me and only for me I would prefer to have the top flush with the top of the legs. Keeping the top design of the legs as what you have done. Almost like at insert or patch.

Kev,
The hall table is first rate and a very nice bit of spotted gum too.
I can imagine the work in mitering the legs and would have left the tops uncapped to feature the mitering. The end grain would polish up well and show you had put a lot of work into it. Like the rest I am not a fan of the legs being raised above the top that far but then personal taste has a very wide range.
Good work.
Regards
John

Look good, well done

Thanks for the comments.

Yeah, although the coffee table looks a little better in real life than the photos I wasn't convinced I chose the best design. I don't think I'll do it again, although the leg tops are perfect for putting coffee cups on

The mitred legs weren't really a huge amount of work. I sized all the timber to the same thickness, set the table saw to 45deg and ripped the pieces through. The glue-up was just like a box - I placed the pieces side by side on a couple strips of strong sticky tape, applied glue and rolled it up. Then applied more tape and squeezed it as tight as possible. Because the angles were right they all fitted together nicely.

I then glued a piece of timber inside where the mortises were going to provide more glueing area and support for the joint.

Kev

Sounds good Kev and a great job, the tops of the legs look great too, just they are up in the air. It does look good we are only nit picking realy

Looks great!!

kev i really like your hall table ....just wondering what your method was to get your drawer front from the front rail??? cheers mate

Great work ,some unusual design features there , but i like them ,shows individuality of thought and design , good one

Thanks again for the comments.

The drawer front was made by cutting the timber into 5 pieces as per diagram. Depending on the desired gap around the drawer cut a bit more off the top and/or bottom edges of the drawer face. I have a 1.5mm gap so I cut that amount off the top and bottom.
Then glue pieces 1,2,3 and 4 back together leaving a 1.5mm gap on the sides of the drawer face.

oh lovely! i havent done it like that before but had actually heard about the way you;ve done it was curious to know for sure tho! looks damn good....all the coffee or hall tables i make at work, they have a drawer front screwed to the front of the drawer and i cut it out of the same piece i get the side rails from so it somewhat looks like a continual piece at first glance, but your way is a ripper ...will do it like that next time i get a halltable job at home

cheers for the clarification!

and once again, top tables!