The Woodshop Shed

Walnut end table

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


I had previously started a TV stand/cabinet that would have had a walnut top, but I decided to completely change the design, so I ripped the top in two and that is what started this project. It turned out a bit smaller than I had planned, and I left two sides a hair longer, but the top is about 16 on each side, stands about 24 tall. I also compromised on the legs, which I made with two laminated pieces. Normally, I would have used solid 1.75 square stock, but I had enough of these smaller lengths of walnut that had no other use.
Followed by anotherI once again used simple mortise and tenons for the skirts between legs. I wanted a floating top that I had never tried before, and for those supports I just used pocket hole screws. I didn't want tenons through the middle of the skirting, and I didn't trust shallow mortises that would have only gone through a half inch. There were other ways to have done it, but I tend to act impulsively on new projects.I cut 45 degree angles off the bottom face of the table, then cut a flat edge about 1/4 in. That's something I had been wanting to try out, I thought it would accentuate the floating top effect.My last project was a walnut coffee table made of a slab and filled in a large void with epoxy colored with black mica powdered pigment. I decided to have the end table match and used the same epoxy and pigment combo. I routed a 3/16 and 3/8 channel on all sides, criss-crossing them and then filling them with the pigmented epoxy, sanded them flush/smooth, and after assembly I applied 3 coats of General Finish's Arm-r-Seal. I plan on making a twin for the other side of the couch, perhaps an identical one to match, or maybe the same construction only in cherry.

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