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28th April 2014, 02:32 AM #1
Bedside Table (Night Stand)
A few weeks back I built a bedside table as part of a demonstration of hand tool use at the Perth Hand Tool Event.
It was completed in the shop at home, and it occurred to post this to the forum for two reasons. Firstly, this is something that many here have built (I have built several), and it would be great to look at the various ideas and concepts that others come up with. So post your versions here.
Secondly, this is a fantastic exercise if you wish to practice your joint making: stub tenons, blind mortices, tapered legs, sliding dovetails, half-blind and through dovetails, drawer construction, rebates for breadboard ends, and drawboring.
There are a couple of different design elements I used (for me at any rate), and the build can be seen on my website: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furnitu...sideTable.html
Here is the finished table I gave my son, completed in a Shaker-style ...
Wonderful pink curly Jarrah ...
The drawer extends fully without drooping (method in the article) ...
Post your pieces.
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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28th April 2014, 07:30 PM #2
As you say, Derek, one gets to do a few of these over the years! The first few pics are pre-digital, so excuse the quality...
Here are a couple for my daughters, in Australian Cedar which was reclaimed from an old barn on the farm where I grew up: Cedar bsde tables.jpg
This one is Jarrah, in a more rectilinear style:Jarrah bsde.jpg Table Jarrah detail.jpg
These are also in Australian cedar, some new, some recycled. They were made to blend with an existing old cedar chest of drawers, hence the 'commode' style.
B_side tbls.jpg
They are 'board' construction, with top & bottom half-blind dovetailed to the sides. The drawer runners and dust-board part has sliding dovetails on the rear divider, & mortises in the front divider: pic 3.jpg
I've made a few more in different styles, but don't have any pics I can lay my hands on, atm.....
Cheers,IW
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29th April 2014, 05:11 PM #3
Hi Ian
I cannot believe it has taken me a day to reply. Almost all my spare time in recent weekends has been spent in painting a house and renovating a kitchen. Oh how I hate painting!
You have built some really nice tables over the years, and the construction is similar - a few changes here-and-there, as there should be. It reinforced my view that this piece could be ideal for someone starting out, either handtools or machines, to learn joinery. There is something of everything.
Someone else out there must have built one of these ....?
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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29th April 2014, 07:17 PM #4
You too?! I've been at it for the last month & a bit, & it's not my favourite job, either! But we had a couple of quotes, and I could re-equip my entire workshop twice over, & take a holiday, with what I'm saving by doing it myself. I'm not overly fond of wielding a paintbrush, but what I really detest is the preparation. So much faffing around, but I know if I don't do it properly, it'll mean I'll have to paint again sooner....
Yes, a small table with a drawer & bottom shelf is pretty basic, but it does include all the fundamental woodworking joints. The 'commode' type is a bit more challenging, as you have to make and join several flat panels, and end up with them all square & straight. Not as easy to pull things into line as with the four-legged type.
I have to say, I've not been able to let my imagination run wild with any of my efforts. The designs have always been dictated by existing furniture in the bedroom for which the tables were destined, so not a lot of room for self-expression....
Cheers,IW
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29th April 2014, 07:39 PM #5
Hi,
I suppose this pair fit into the category.
IMG_0029m.jpgDone about ten years ago using Pinus crapiata with Watyal Jarra stain and Esterpol.
There had to be a dragon to match the one on the bed head of the queen size I had made previously. IMG_0030m.jpg
The photos make the blotches look worse than in real life.
RegardsHugh
Enough is enough, more than enough is too much.
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5th May 2014, 06:53 AM #6
Lucha Libre Bedside
Each Jaguar handcrafted, the whiskers are long gone from the top drawers. We used to have a Latin American shop in Bris.
Cheers, Bill
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5th May 2014, 07:08 AM #7
Bedside / Artbase
This is an art base but has been serving as a bedside. Vintage box, new top and bottom. The top is removable to store art.
Cheers, Bill
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