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Bedside tables

Doug

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Hopefully this will be of interest to a few even though it's not turned work. I was asked to make 2 bedside tables by a customer after she saw similar tables on a friends website.

Made from pine the customer will be staining them to match the decor in her guest bedroom.

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A few photos of how I went about making them.

First off the sides & legs were glued together, the grain on the panel was installed vertically so as to avoid any cross grain later in the construction.

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The shelf was joined to the sides with a stopped sliding dovetail.

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The underside of the top had a chamfer cut on it to make the top appear lighter.

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Rails were pocket screwed to the top of the legs to support the top & give fixing points, after which the table was glued,assembled & clamped

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Side view.

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Finished.

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There are a few more photos on my Facebook link below if anyone's interested.
 

Jim

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You never cease to amaze us Doug, and i can say we have come accustomed to the quality of work that you show us on here .. Well done my friend ... :thumbs:
 

Grump

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Very professionally done Doug lovely job of those.
Will you give the pictures to the customer with the furniture?
Your name will live on as Furniture maker extraordinaire LOL.
 

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Top notch stuff Doug very well executed mate but what else would we expect from you
 

Neil Lawton

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Excellently done Doug!
Did I meet your alter ego "Dave Lister" at Daventry last year? You didn't look as negative as your photo suggests:thumbs:
 

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I still have one bedside table I made some years ago in fact it is the last piece of furniture we have that I made we had to get rid of it all when we downsized it is made from service wood from a church grounds that got blown over and Violet rosewood and red river burr inserts
 

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I still have one bedside table I made some years ago in fact it is the last piece of furniture we have that I made we had to get rid of it all when we downsized it is made from service wood from a church grounds that got blown over and Violet rosewood and red river burr inserts

You know the rules Woody :nopic:
 
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