Videos in the Series

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  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…

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  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.

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  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.…

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  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.

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…