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Episode 7: Create the Corbels

By Kevin Rodel Feb 18, 2016

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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.

Corbels were a common detail in Arts and Crafts furniture, and in this table they add a stylistic flair along with structural solidity.

Produced by: Jon Binzen

Video and Editing by: Jeff Roos

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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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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. Check out our collection of articles specifically picked to help with… More about this Video Workshop

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user-7151212 | Oct 02, 2019 06:02pm | #1
Excellent work. By screwing in the top you did not allow for wood movement. Any reason for that? Thanks.

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