Glue-up of table frame. Mortise and loose tenon construction. The legs are made from 12/4 cherry
and measure 2.8" at the top and taper down to 1.8" at the bottom.
The legs are tapered on the two inside faces only.
Close-up of one of the legs. I used a core box bit in the
router table to produce
the wrap around cove at the top of the legs.
The blue tape helps prevent glue squeeze out from getting on the
wood.
Glue-up of table top. Eight cherry boards 5 1/4" wide were glued
together with a thickness of 7/8".
The glue-up was done in stages. First I glued the center four
boards then after 24hrs I glued on two boards on each of the two sides.
Finished with several coats of wipe-on polyurethane.
No stain was used. Finished the finish by buffing
lightly by hand with a slurry of 4F pumice and water.
I am showing off the grain of the table top in this picture.
The top came out looking better than I thought it wood!
There are a few dark spots (pitch
pockets) that look like little raisins in the grain that at first I
didn't like, but after the finish was applied they look awesome!
