Red Oak Nesting Tables

It took awhile put the finishing is done on the red oak nesting tables. I book matched the tops, and the grain flows from tallest to shortest. The aprons are continuous grain and also match up from table to table. You notice none of this due to the legs and different heights/lengths, oh well. :P

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Mobile Work Table Frame

I've had these Douglas fir 4x4's sitting for half the year. I milled them up this past week and framed out the base for a mobile work/outfeed/assembly table that I can use at Technocopia . The plan is to fill it with four cabinets (two with drawers, one with trays and one for a dust cyclone) so I can bring everything into the workshop with me.

Hickory Dining Table Rough Dimensioning

I started on my biggest project to date, a hickory dining table. It'll be 4×6' without its leaf, and 7.5' with it.

Finished Black Locust Plant Stands

I put the finish on these last weekend, and they're now sat in the living room awaiting the Great Spring 2019 Plant Rearrangement. The idea for these came from Jay Bates' Angled Half Lap Three Tier Shelf . The biggest change I made was reversing the side that the half-laps were on. This allowed me to rest the shelves on them, as I was worried that the amount of weight from the plants would be hard to support with just screws. Black Locust Plant Stands Another change was adding crosspieces, I was originally going to use wedged, through tenons here but liked this chamfered version enough to keep it. Self Through Tenons These are just over four feet tall and 28 inches wide. The shelves are spaced every 15 inches, start at 14 inches deep at the bottom and narrow to eight inches deep at the top. They are secured to the half lap side pieces via tabletop fasteners and stainless steel screws. Black locust is very resistant to decay so they shou...

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