Red Oak Nesting Tables Dry Fit

I've had this quarter-sawn red oak from Farnsworth Lumber since spring and I've finally gotten around to using it in these tables. The tops are book-matched and continuous, and the aprons will be continuous as well.

Just the tallest table is glued up right now, but the rest are nearly ready to go.

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Spalted Maple Valet Glue-up

I found this 5/4 8" board at Farnsworth Lumber a couple months back. They threw it in the solar kiln for me and got it pretty dry so I started using it to make this valet last week. It's a continuous grain box with a drawer below (still working on that). The top is separated so there's a place for a phone. Spalted Maple Valet I was pretty happy with it when I was dry fitting it, but after glue up some slight gaps in the dovetails appeared and it went out of square by about 1/32". Not a huge deal but just annoying. Any sage advice for preventing these sort of problems? The dovetails were super tight before glue. Spalted Maple Valet Spalted Maple Valet

Hickory Dining Table Top

The table top is coming along. Both halves and breadboards are ready for tenons/mortises. I'm trying to decide what looks best: sapwood out or heartwood out.

Pine Trays

Another couple of pine trays, this time from a left over floor board from my parent's house. They're the same design as the weathered pine tray , just a little thinner and cleaner. I didn't end up rounding the corners of the their bases this time.

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