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Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

GoatTnder Apr 20, 2020

A wedding gift for a couple good friends who got married in July 2019. Completed in April 2020.

#woodworking #wedding #midcentury

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Completed photo first, as is tradition.

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Plans part 1.

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Detail illustration of the magic triangles.

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Rough walnut for a sense of size

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Un-dimensioned red oak

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

This kinda looks like a cyberman from Dr. Who.

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Magic triangle

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Make dovetails to go in the magic triangle.

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Base in progress

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Base ready for glue. My wife says this looks like one of those robots from Boston Dynamics.

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Glue

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Planed wood with boards arranged pleasantly.

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Table top glue up with cauls for flattening.

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Getting closer

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Beveled the bottom, but no pictures of that. All by hand with scrub, jack, and smoothing planes.

Photo of Mid-Century Coffee Table, Walnut and Red Oak

Top with finish, but not yet finalized.

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Bottom with finish. Check the bevels.

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Glamour Shot 2

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Glamour Shot 3

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Glamour Shot 4

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Oh no! The table died!

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