[James Wright]

Thought I have been wood working for most of my life this was the first time I have used all hand tools. It was about 120 Man hours but it was a great project to re learn wood working on. With dove tales, M&T, Draw Bore, Lap, tong and grove, and bridal joints. It was a lot of fun. up next I have a buffet dresser that my wife has been asking for for a long time!

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[BFgeronimo]

#2028189

Looks good! I like the through tenons on the legs. I might borrow a little of your design on a project I have coming up if you don’t mind

OWOF

[James Wright]

#2028191

The best compliment in the world is to be copied. But I copied others the look of this. The the design is mine look and feel has been done by many others

[don67]

#2032560

that looks fantastic, iv been wanting to start a project like this for a while

[Sides]

#2028279

 

The table came out beautiful. I like the arts and craft look it has. How did you plow the ends on the top, they look at least 2 inches deep? Nice nail trick too. On a side note, Star Wars and a P-38? That kind of clashes, doesn’t it?

[James Wright]

#2028280

That is just a Half Bridal joint, or an open motorist joint not sure what that would be called. the front back and middle of the table all have 2″ tenons that are into the two side pieces. The Black widow is one of the best moddles I have done and I think it fits well with he idea of great ships!

 

[Anonymous]

#2028958

That looks really nice.

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[Jeremey]

#2031496

Wow – you did an awesome job on this. It looks great!

[Mike in TN]

#2031986

Hi again James,

Lovely table. I have to ask though about your decision to have the dovetails on the drawer front ( or is it fronts?). Traditionally tails would go on the sides to resist the forces of pulling on the front during opening. Was this strictly an appearance based detail to highlight the joinery as a design feature?  Thanks for your wonderful site and videos by the way. It’s been fun watching your woodworking skills and children grow. It’s so nice to see the kids in the shop.

Have fun

[garygarrett1]

#2032608

great work as always, I have not gotten into hand tools as much as I would like but your work is inspiring me to make the leap.  thanks.

[pjs]

#2032636

Mike in TN wrote:

Hi again James, Lovely table. I have to ask though about your decision to have the dovetails on the drawer front ( or is it fronts?). Traditionally tails would go on the sides to resist the forces of pulling on the front during opening. Was this strictly an appearance based detail to highlight the joinery as a design feature? Thanks for your wonderful site and videos by the way. It’s been fun watching your woodworking skills and children grow. It’s so nice to see the kids in the shop. Have fun

Great looking table. I am also interested in why you chose dovetails on the front of the drawer.

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