In the last post I documented the process of dovetailing the top rail and doing the scroll work on the front and side aprons of the table. With all of the joinery completed on the table carcase it was time to glue up some of the components and to begin work on the interior drawer [...]
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With the tenon work on the aprons completed, it was time to turn my attention to adding the top rail above where the drawer will go. Also, previously the aprons were left square to more easily facilitate cutting the tenons but, now it was time to add the decorative Queen Anne scroll work to them. [...]
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With all of the leg mortises completed and the knee blocks cut, attached and shaped, the next task at hand was to cut the tenons on the aprons of the Queen Anne Side Table. I milled all of the stock for the aprons, top rail and drawer front in a single session at the jointer [...]
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I’ve been progressing on the legs for the Queen Anne Side Table. In my last post, I had shaped the feet and reworked the heel transitions on the legs. This left the tasks of adding and shaping the knee blocks, cutting the mortises and trimming the posts to final size to be done. The first [...]
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After a brief trip out of town last weekend, I was finally able to get a bit more time in the shop. I had previously left the legs for the Queen Anne side table in a rough state with the feet turned and ready for some serious shaping work. You may recall that I had [...]
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