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Episode 2: End Panels with Cutouts

By Fine Woodworking Editors Feb 18, 2016

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Videos in the Series

Introduction: Limbert Inspired Coffee Table

February 18, 2016

Kevin Rodel, expert on Arts and Crafts furniture, draws on the style and joinery of a Charles Limbert table and gives them a twist to make his own contemporary coffee…
Episode 1: The Tabletop

February 18, 2016

Walk through the logic of stock selection for the major parts of the table and then glue up and shape the table’s top.
Episode 2: End Panels with Cutouts

February 18, 2016

The end panels, with their crisp, geometric cutouts, are the most powerful element in the table’s design. Create clean cutouts by cutting the panel apart and gluing it back together.…
Episode 3: Taper the Panels and Add the Legs

February 18, 2016

Finish shaping the end panels by tapering them and cutting the curve along the bottom edge. Then make the legs and glue them with splines to the panels.
Episode 4: Through-tenoned Shelf

February 18, 2016

Build the gridded shelf in sections, with the center section first. Cut it to fit the through-mortises in the end panels. Then you’ll cut the mortises that will accept the…
Episode 5: Shelf Gridwork

February 18, 2016

The gridwork, a highlight of the design, now gets added to the center section of the shelf. The gridwork may look complex but it is fun to make and not…
Episode 6: Dovetailed Rails

February 18, 2016

Two rails at the top of the end panels stiffen the structure. You’ll use a combination of hand and power tools to make the twin dovetails that lock them in…
Episode 7: Create the Corbels

February 18, 2016

Corbels were a common detail in Arts and Crafts furniture, and in this table they add a stylistic flair along with structural solidity. After cutting a tongue on their back…
Episode 8: Assembly

February 18, 2016

With its dovetailed upper rails and its through-mortised shelf locked by the corbels, the table’s base is a straightforward, unfussy assembly. Then it’s just a matter of attaching the top—and…

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About This Video Workshop

In this video workshop, watch as master furniture maker Kevin Rodel shows you how to build his elegant interpretation on a classic Limbert design. In this project series, you'll learn how to use efficient building strategies, get gap-free through-tenon joinery, and dress up your furniture with pierced panels. Produced by: Jon Binzen; Video and Editing by: Jeff Roos; Purchase the Digital Plan. Purchase the Printed Plan. More about this Video Workshop

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Article Comments

basset-hound January 3rd

I have admired Kevin's work for several years. This is a fantastic and well documented build. I'd going to try to adapt this build for a hall table that I need to make.
JerinCreek December 7th

Having difficulty finding wide, well-figured boards, I opted for five boards (with similar color), each three inches wide. It made cutting for the negative spaces easy. I biscuit jointed as done in the video.
JerinCreek December 6th

Cutting the end panels, he cuts the top at 2 1/4" from the top hole. But then says to cut the bottoms for a finished length of 15 1/2". Shouldn't that be 15 1/8"?
thopkins September 24th

Very informative, I've learned a lot in the series.

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