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Ok. Here is the primary reason I'm building these side tables. Plans were to keep the tables stupid-simple to avoid any drama. I violated my goal ...

Finally. Got the wood prep all done 🤠 Table tops came out of the clamps aok, no drama or glue blobs to deal with thanks to the extensive taping. [...

[IMG_9010.jpeg] With the legs mortised for the bottom cross brace, the top cross brace needs to be dealt with. Doing the ol' dovetail half lap bo...

I decided that I wanted to roll the dice and see if I could escape fate. Through tennons! 😱 Plenty of opportunity to really screw up, me like! L...

So, Same process for the legs, I'll skip by fast. Trim the excess, leaving about 1/16".... [IMG_8988.jpeg] ... for the router with a flush trim bi...

So, just to be clear, there is nothing earth shattering in all this yet. Just posting the process. Kinda like Bandit "over there" telling what he w...

So I've been itching to make some furniture versus the small items of late. Decide to make a pair of side tables, wanted to get back to some arts '...

[IMG_8886.jpeg] Ok, time to decide on how you plan to attach the assembly to something to give it a life. I use a vacuum bag for veneering. That ...

[IMG_8875.jpeg] For this project, I chose some walnut and Burmese teak. The teak has some great chatoyance, a big color shift as you view it from ...

[IMG_8902.jpeg] I did this pattern before as one of my first stabs at cutting veneer with my laser. This time I was going to better document the p...

This is my baby, most used tool in the shop behind the table saw. [IMG_8839.jpeg] When I first started using it, I was undewhelmed with what it c...

Almost done, I swear! With only legs, the box looks bottom heavy. A few passes on the router table will make some trim to fix this. [IMG_0033.jp...