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End Table

comments (4) January 20th, 2011 in Reader's Gallery

qcwood qcwood, member
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End Table

Photo: Jim Whetstone
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This contemporary end table was made for our family room and is made of quarter sawn Englsh Brown Oak and Wenge.  It is 12 by 21 and is 25 high.  Tongue and groove joinery mates Wenge to Oak.  The piece consists of exposed dovetails, mortise and tenons and the top is installed using floating mortise and tenon cleats.  The piece is finished with 3 coats of Minwax wipe on poly, two coats of spray polyurethane and 1 coat of pastewax applied with 0000 steel wool. 


Design or Plan used: My own design - Jim Whetstone of Quality Cabinetry
posted in: Reader's Gallery, modern, dovetails, , tenons, inlay, wenge, End Table, Contemporary, brown oak
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Comments (4)

qcwood qcwood writes: Top does not lift up. It is fastened using cleats with tenons that slide into mortises (using slot cutter)cut into sides
Posted: 7:29 am on January 25th

gamblermichael gamblermichael writes: Beautiful piece. Just wondering... does the top lift up? The design suggests it.
Posted: 6:57 am on January 25th

qcwood qcwood writes: Thanks Kev. very hard for me to execute, nice to have a challenge like this after 1133 pieces and 45 years of woodworking.
Posted: 9:46 am on January 24th

stikk stikk writes: Nice original peice the contrast of the wood colours is great, very original design I love it!

Kev!
Posted: 6:49 pm on January 23rd

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