Shaker entryway table
miketulchinsky Sep 03, 2019
Shaker style entryway table. All pieces were milled to have the straightest grain possible from the material I had. Rift sawn tapered legs. Mortise and tenon joinery. Half blind dovetail drawer. Quarter sawn glue-up top and drawer front. Front rails cut from the same piece as the drawer front for grain continuity. Turned drawer pull. Cherry with poplar. Finished with shellac.
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Great job on the table, Mike! It's beautiful. I really enjoy the straight grain on all of the pieces. I really like rift/qtr sawn cherry.
How did the half blind dovetails go? They look great. I've got a couple of drawers coming up that will have half blind and I always dread it haha. They take me so long to do.
Thank you very much Sean. The dovetails went very well and I am really happy with the result but they took me a looong time. These are joints number 3 and 4 ever for me. I’ve cut some through dovetails but had no experience with half blinds before this project. I did two practice joints with scrap of the same size materials and then just went for it. I really wanted to use this particular piece for the drawer front and I did everything at normal speed except for the paring where I went very slowly and checked the fit a lot.
@Sean said:It paid off. The joints look very tight and the drawer front has beautiful figure. Good job!
@miketulchinsky said:Thanks again. I really appreciate it.
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