This is my first piece of furniture with hand-cut mortise-and-tenon joinery. It’s far from perfect, but I managed to hide most of the imperfections inside the frame.
I finished it with 50/50 beeswax and mineral oil.
I think the table top and long aprons are cherry, with two strips of what may be oak in the table top? It was in the miscellaneous pile at my community workshop, so your guys is as good as mine. The legs and short apron are sapele, which is probably my favorite wood when it’s finished, it’s unbelievably lustrous in person.
Happy to answer an questions, otherwise, I just wanted to share the first thing I’ve ever made that I didn’t finish and immediately tear apart all the mistakes I made, I’m genuinely pleased with this one!
It’s beautiful!
Fuck yeah
Another point of pride I forgot to mention, this was an impulse project, so I didn’t have a plan, just kinda fumbled my way through it, making decisions as necessary. I’m especially pleased with the taper on the legs, think that adds a bit of grace to an otherwise chunky table
The leg tapers and the rounded edges give it such a refined, polished look. This is fantastic.
I’m glad you like it, I feel like the color and grain pattern of the two stripes down the table slightly detract from the polished look, though. That’s probably my biggest gripe
Absolutely drop dead gorgeous, you absolutely should be proud.
Looks great, good work!
Beautiful table!
I can literally feel those corners jabbing me in the shins.
Also, if you think those corners are bad, look at this torture device I made earlier this year
It’s hard maple, and those real thin edges are basically blades if you’re walking by. It’s a genuine hazard
JFC use a wood router man!
I eased the edge by hand with sandpaper, but I wanted it to look as unadulterated as possible. It’s a trade-off, for sure
This feels like a conversation I have with my wife about me placing everyday objects around the house in places where they would logically be, then she runs straight into them anyway
“Darling, I cannot protect you from what is right in front of your eyeballs”
Hey some of us are just more clumsy than others.
Also I’m my cramped apartment I have to regularly remind my fiancee that I’m way larger than her and that having to turn sideways to maneuver through my own home is a real damn nuisance lol
Nice work, that is clean and sharp.
Holy shit that’s badass
Oh this looks nice! What did you use to cut the mortise & tenons?
Hammer and mortise chisels I got from Amazon
As for the tenons, I’ve got a trash little craftsman saw that’s probably like seven bucks at home depot, I just had to score cuts well and be careful not to go outside my marks, LOTS of cleaning up with a paring chisel was necessary
