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.
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Spacing: Fixed Stock width (max.): 12 in. Stock thickness: 1/4 in. to 3/4 in. for through-dovetails (tails board can be 1 in. thick); 1/2 in. to 1-1/8 in. for half-blinds Half-blind depth: 3/8 in.
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Nice original peice the contrast of the wood colours is great, very original design I love it!
Kev!
Thanks Kev. very hard for me to execute, nice to have a challenge like this after 1133 pieces and 45 years of woodworking.
Beautiful piece. Just wondering... does the top lift up? The design suggests it.
Top does not lift up. It is fastened using cleats with tenons that slide into mortises (using slot cutter)cut into sides
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