The first step, gluing up the legs.

A template for the leg mortises.

I wanted to be able to remove the legs, so they have a hanger bolt, onto which a cross block is bolted that pulls the skirt into the legs.

When I started this project I was flattening by hand.  By the time i got to doing the leaves for the top, I had had enough, and I bought a planer.

Interior structure for the base.  There's a mix of half blind dovetails, mortise and tenons, and cross laps.  But it's designed to be entirely stable without a drop of glue.

I went a little overboard on the joinery here.  Everything comes together presenting a mitered fit, but the interior rails join using box teeth, and the exterior lip uses a spline.  (I didn't yet own a domino).

Final dry fit of everything.  No glue required!

All the milled up parts ready to start getting finished and assembled.

Pre-finishing the interior rail.

The drawer fronts were maple, and sprayed with the enamel.  The masking worked better than I had hoped.

Gluing up the main tray.

Attaching the top rim to the tray.

The leaf lift pin.

The table breaks down into 4 legs, the base and the top.

The cupholders use a push-to-open drawer slide.  The other drawers use standard slides with a handle.

This shows the center leaf support brace, and you can see the lift pin for helping pop the leaf up.