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Queen Anne Coffee Table

Queen Anne Inspired Coffee Table. Made from re-sawed 2 x 6 Mahogany Boards. Offset Turned legs, Mortise and Tenon joinery. I added a small drawer for coasters.



Recent comments


Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements by Tony Kubalak

Looks like a great resource.
Thanks

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Traditional Projects from the New Best of Fine Woodworking

Traditional is what I like!

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: How to Make Picture Frames, from American Woodworker

I have some pictures that need frames this book would be a big help. Thanks

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: How to Choose and Use Bench Planes and Scrapers by John English

Looks like a great read,
Thanks

Re: BOOK GIVEAWAY: 500 Tables (Updated with winner)

Hum, I really miss Norm and all his routers.

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: The Chairmaker's Workshop by Drew Langsner

I would love a copy, Thanks

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Civil War Woodworking by A.J. Hamler

Woodworking and History my 2 favorite things, would love a copy..

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Windsor Chairmaking by James Mursell

I've built a couple of Windors with Mike Dunbar, it would be nice to compare techniques from this book.

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Make Your Own Walking Sticks by Charles Self

I've been wanting to build my favorite Uncle a walking stick, this book would help get me motivated.
Thanks

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: The Wood Finisher's Handbook by Sam Allen

Great Book!!

Re: UPDATED: Giveaway and Poll: The Most Requested Woodworking Gifts of 2009

Sure hope you sent my wish list to Santa, that's a mighty fine list of give aways!!

Re: UPDATED: Giveaway and Poll: The Most Requested Woodworking Gifts of 2009

Hope you sent my wish list to Santa !

Re: UPDATED: Giveaway and Poll: The Most Requested Woodworking Gifts of 2009

Hope you sent my wish list to Santa!!
Those are some great give aways!!

Re: UPDATED: Giveaway and Poll: The Most Requested Woodworking Gifts of 2009

Hope you sent my wish list to Santa!!!
Great Prizes, I could use any of them.

Re: UPDATED: What Tools Are on Your Holiday Wish List?

I've been very good this year...
LN Dovetail saw
LN Low Angle Smoothing Plane
LN Scraping Plane (not sure which one)
LN 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4inch Bevel Edge Chisels
Actually going to check them all out at their event in Boxborough on Friday.

Re: UPDATED: What Tools Are on Your Holiday Wish List?

I've been very good this year...
LN Dovetail saw
LN Low Angle Smoothing Plane
LN Scraping Plane (not sure which one)
LN 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4inch Bevel Edge Chisels
Actually going to check them all out at their event in Boxborough on Friday.

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: New Masters of the Wooden Box by Oscar P. Fitzgerald

Looks like a great book, count me in..

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: American Furniture 2003, Edited by Luke Beckerdite

Great Book !!

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: The Encyclopedia of Wood

Would love a copy, thanks

Re: What is this Tool?

Congratulations to Mike.
It is not my intent to dispute Mike being the first to answer the question correctly and I apologize if it seems I am splitting hairs but this may be a matter of semantics and keeping history correct. There was a difference between a carriage-maker and a coach-maker, and a coach maker would have used that type of plane.

“American Woodworking Tools” by Paul Kebabian and Dudley Witney
Chapter 7 deals with Wheelwrights and Carriage Makers.
“The Term carriage was frequently used to identify vehicles for carrying people, including the coach, buggy, surrey, phaeton, and other styles.
The Trades, however, distinguished between the carriage-maker, who constructed the wheeled undercarriage, and the coach-maker, who built the coach body attached to, or suspended above the undercarriage. A parallel may be drawn between the relationship of the house carpenter and joiner and that of the carriage-maker and coach-maker: in each case the latter performed more exacting work then the former and used a considerably greater variety of hand tools.”
Then it goes on to explain the difference between the tools used in coach-making and regular joinery is the design of the planes. Coach-makers planes having short soles because all the surfaces worked were shaped in curves of varying degrees. The Coach- Makers Rabbet plane was used on the front and center pillars of the frame to form the recess for the hinged door.

Thanks
Mark

Re: What is this Tool?

A coach makers Rabbet Plane,

A coach maker built the wooden parts (frames,floors, moldings)of coaches, carriages, buggies, railway carriages etc.

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Encyclopedia of Woodworking by Alan and Gill Bridgewater

Never to many books in the library.. thanks

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Great Book of Wooden Toys, by Norm Marshall

Would love a copy... Thanks

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Traditional American Rooms

It would be great if I could type..I would "Love" a copy

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Traditional American Rooms

Would Lovw a copy..
Thanks
Mark

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Choosing & Using Hand Tools

Never can have to many woodworking books!!

Re: UPDATE: Unlocking the Secrets of Traditional Design

Would Love a copy..Thanks

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Early American Country Furniture

I would love a copy. Thanks..