ken werner
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Well, this is what I've been up to lately. We wanted a small serving table to put snacks and such on, when sitting near the woodstove during our long cold winters. Easy to move, to use elsewhere too. I thought of making one with folding legs, but ultimately chose a more traditional design, and kept the materials light. It's all cherry, with pegged mortise and tenons to hold the aprons into the legs, which taper from 1 3/16" to 3/4" square. I used my tailed apprentices for much of the work. But no jigs. The tapered legs were cut on the bandsaw, and hand planed. The top is a single board, which was planed flat using a scrub, jointer and smoothing plane. [Oh and my lunchbox planer too]. The top is only 5/8" thick at the thickest, and tapers [handplaned] to 1/2" at the ends and edges. Finish is shellac then wipe-on satin poly, for protection against the food and drink it'll be exposed to. Because the tenons are close together in the leg, I mitered them, as is shown in a piece of scrap I practiced on. The top is attached with figure of 8 hardware from Lee Valley, set into 3/4" holes I drilled with a forstner bit, which will accommodate seasonal movement. I make my own pegs, using a shop-made doweling plate. they are cherry also, and are 3/16" diam, which gives them a subtle appearance. I assembled it with Old Brown Glue, which I really like.
Overall height 20", Length about 24", Width about 12"
Overall height 20", Length about 24", Width about 12"