TV Side Table

[glenn bradley]

I settled on side hung for the drawer. The guides will have to be wide enough to offset the legs. Sounds like I better make a test drawer.



Yep, those are some wide guides. I usually use hard maple but happened to have a scrap of straight grained pecan in the bin.



I'll cut a 1/4" deep stopped-groove down each side of the drawer box. I mark the router table fence for my stopping points.



I will feed the drawer box part way one direction for one side and part way the other direction for the other. This lets me use the same reference edge to set the groove position. To assure things don't wander I add a second fence.



Test drawer is a success.



I have decided to go to a separate drawer box and false front style drawer. Getting in and around the internals got a little more fussy than I wanted to deal with. A false front drawer removed the challenges of my original design.



Time for the real stuff.

 

[glenn bradley]

My Millers Falls No 9 evens up the top edges.

I pop the frame apart to cut the groove for the bottom panel.

The panel slips in from the back .

 

[glenn bradley]

While the box glue sets I look to the pull. LOML never quite forgave me for taking the old media cabinet out to the shop for my own use. This pull design will echo that piece. I found a scrap of figured maple. I just have to remove anything that doesn't look like the shape I want.



The Incra T rules come in handy for this small scale work.



I use a Forstner bit to set the center curves.



I bandsaw out the rest.



And we end up here at about 5/8" thick by 6-1/2" wide.

 

[glenn bradley]

Here's a view of the runner. The two inner holes are oversized and allow a bit of adjustment. The two outer holes are for fixing the runner in position.

Overview prior to disassembly for finishing.



Time for finish.

 

[Tom Niemi]

I’ve been looking at slides for a fabric hutch I’m working on for my wife (pics eventually ) it has a 38” drawer and your oversized runners may just be the ticket as always, great follow along and great project

 

[glenn bradley]

Thanks all. This is the second coat of an oil varnish blend.

Hope to finish up by tomorrow or the next day.

 

[glenn bradley]

All done.

 

[Tom Niemi]

Not only done, but well done

 

[Dan Noren]

way cool glenn!

 

[glenn bradley]

Thanks guys. I'd show it in place but we're currently destroying the hallway bathroom and the living room is in a bit of disarray.

 

[Robert Horky]

BEAUTIFUL !!! Really like the drawer pull.

 

[David Johnson]

A true thing of beauty. VERY well done.
David

 

[Jay Caughron]

That is one NICE side table. Love your choice of grain for the top. Well done Glenn

 

[Toni Ciuraneta]

The spindel sander, although oscillating, can still leave grit marks across the figure in the tight radius. A shaped backer and a strip of abrasive coarse enough to remove those scratches will do the trick. I hold the rubber doo-dad and pull the strip of paper through till I have removed the scratches. I repeat with finer grits till I get what I want. Those of you familiar with a stroke sander know exactly what's happening here

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That's exactly what I do when I have to sand end grain in certain spots or I want to remove scratches at a very specific small area. the only difference is that I use my finger as a backer. I remember posting about it some time ago. WHere did you get that one Glenn here they do not sell such things.

 

[glenn bradley]

That's exactly what I do when I have to sand end grain in certain spots or I want to remove scratches at a very specific small area. the only difference is that I use my finger as a backer. I remember posting about it some time ago. WHere did you get that one Glenn here they do not sell such things.

My first set came from Lee Valley. Doing a lot of G&G style I killed off the 1/8" radius pad. I ordered some more.

 

[Toni Ciuraneta]

Thanks a lot Glenn.

 

[Paul Douglass]

Very nice, indeed!

 

[Toni Ciuraneta]

I love the accent given by the drawer pull.