a good bit of progress today. started off with sanding the ends of the drawer pull posts flush with the bails. next bit of fun was cutting the taper on the 4 legs, and sanding the blade marks off (band saws are funny that way). with that out of the way, set up the dado stack, and cut the rabbets in the side frames, and the rabbets in the inside corners of the legs. with that scary bit out of the way, did a test fit of the drawer frame to the side frames. needed to use the sander to take off just a cat hair, for a perfect fit. turned the assembled frameworks on it's feet, and dropped the top frame in place. then added the legs (now you see why the rabbets). then adjusted the top, drawer faces, and kick plate, and set those in place. now it is starting to really look like a bedside table.