FineWoodworking
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.
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Videos in the Series
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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…
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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.
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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.…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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June 18, 2020
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Comments
Where would we be without a machine shop?
Beautiful work..... great design. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Hmm, Pushrod: "Where would we be without a machine shop?" Umm, in the woodshed? [Sorry. Couldn't resist.]
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