The Woodshop Shed

Small End Tables

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Small walnut end tables with dovetail splines.

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Adding a LEVEL table flap

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My wife, Avril, is a keen patchworker, and although she has in the past concentrated on hand-stitched items like quilts, with problems due to arthritis nowadays she is having to use her sewing machine more. I had already made a pine top for the unit upon which her machine stands, with an 'upstand' at the rear to stop items falling off the back.
She asked if it could be possible to sometimes widen the top to give her more room. Whilst I could remove the 'upstand', I could not think of a way to attach a flap so that her quilts would slide over a continuous smooth surface, there would always be a step – as shown in diagram A – upon which cloth might catch when the flap was down.I considered traditional table flaps, but even with their Knuckle Joints (?) that would require expensive special router cutters, and there still would be some steps. I puzzled over the problem for some time, but eventually realised that by cutting the flap and top ends at 45 degrees, as shown in diagram B, a smooth transition could be achieved. There is obviously less thickness of wood available to accommodate the hinge fixing screws, so they needed to be quite short. However, the piano hinge could be wider (moving the screw holes further away from the thin edge) and there are lots of fixing holes in piano hinges!I was so pleased with this solution, I naturally wanted to share it – which in this case is with the world of Lumberjocks. I'm sorry that there are no pictures of the actual top and flap (which are made of wood), but it is the principle that I wanted to pass on in case others might not have considered it.As an additional 'clever wheeze', there is an apron at the front of the top that prevents access to the underside of the top where the slats that need to be slid forward under the top to support the flap are located. I drilled two holes in the apron to allow a dowel to be inserted to push the slats forward. The clever bit was to put screws in the ends of the slats so that a rare-earth magnet stuck on the other end of the dowel could be used to pull the slats back again before the flap was lowered.

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Walnut Dresser and Chest of Drawers

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My bride and I made progress on converting our furniture at the cabin to Green and Green design style. We finished the walnut dresser and chest of drawers yesterday.It was a pleasure having my wife work with me on this project. She is a big help in the shop. The project would have taken several more months if I was working alone.The Figured end panels and top row of drawers came from a lifelong friend who passed away. I was his paperboy and we became woodworking friends when I got out of the Navy. I think of him when I see the panels.

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