By Robert W. Lang
ISBN-10: 1440340528
ISBN-13: 9781440340529
Build your talents as you construct brilliant tables!
Inside, you can find step by step pictures and guide, plus measured drawings, for 17 tables in a variety of kinds and talent degrees (including a number of good-looking items you could simply construct in a weekend).
From uncomplicated tapered legs to modern cabrioles, from uncomplicated slap tops to draw-leaf tops, from facet tables to online game tables--you'll examine the thoughts, instruments, and joinery essential to construct great-looking tables for each room on your house.
Plus, you will find 5 procedure articles to benefit abilities you could adapt for desk designs (as good as different initiatives) of your own.
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Finish sand all the parts and glue up the top frame. Finish & Fit Before finishing, apply masking tape to all the tenons and plug the mortises with packing peanuts. Apply three coats of a clear finish, such as clear shellac or lacquer, and sand between each coat. When the finish has fully cured, assemble the case. Apply glue in the mortises, slide the doors in place and clamp it up. Check the case for square across the height and depth of the case. When the glue is dry, attach the top using desktop fasteners (sometimes commonly called “figure-8” fasteners).
The generous inset dovetailed drawers are fitted with turned knobs. The desk has a center partition that divides it in two and sits upon the drawer I chose mahogany for its warm color, generally mild grain and wonderful working properties. It’s a wood that ages well and develops a rich patina over time while surviving the inevitable nicks, dents and unintentional abuse that is the fate of furniture. Soft maple is a good choice for the secondary wood used to make the drawer parts (sides, back and bottom), web and guides.
You can make this with a moulding plane or scratch stock. OTHER TA BLE S Asian Coffee Table BY CHRISTOPHER SCHWARZ F U R N I T U R E F U N DA M E N TA L S • 47 M ost coffee tables are illequipped to handle the stresses of modern-day life. Company is coming, and your living room is strewn with books, woodworking catalogs and your spouse’s catalogs. Most coffee tables offer you only a puny shelf to help you tidy up in a hurry. This coffee table does double-duty by giving you a shelf for books and two drawers that are big enough to handle all but the biggest magazines and catalogs.