The Woodshop Shed

Arts and Crafts Coffee Table

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


Here's another winter project. I made this for my son and his new house. This is also a second-time project. Quarter sawn white oak for the top, shelf, and slats. Rift sawn for the legs and rails. I prefer straight grain for structural parts. The plans for this table used to be on Rockler's website but I can't find them there anymore. Most of this table sticks to the plans except for the top thickness, too hard to find 6/4 QSWO lately. I also changed the slats by putting them in by mortise and tenon rather than slots and fillers between each slat, that seemed more work than cutting the mortises. The finish is a 1:3 mix of Minwax Red Mahogany and Early American, and 4 coats of polyurethane with a 1200 sanding before the last coat.
I learned a lot with this project. Mostly that QSWO can be brutal if the grain makes a rise. I won't soon forget the hours I spent with a card scraper cleaning up the tear-outs from the planer.Thanks for looking.

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