Look what someone gave me~
and look what I’m doing with them!
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I deconstructed one immediately—the legs are the START of a whole new table—a sofa table OR buffet!
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O-M-G! I think someone got PAID BY THE SCREW based on the MASS amount holding this table together!
Usually, I find these tables easy to make. But this one was more of a challenge BECAUSE- the legs were not TALL enough. (side table height~sofa table height)
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The 1st adjustment was to cut a TALLER apron to gain back the missing height. THE 2nd was to use some scrap cedar 4×4 to fill the difference. I cut off most of the extra form on the band-saw, then a belt sander to shape the stiles the rest of the way in place. I also doweled the two parts together.
The next picture I hope will help you see the rough shape (in front) vs the fine-tuned shape (background).
Next—let’s add drawers to that big apron.
Y E S– I have a drawer collection too. And 3 of those 4 matching drawers looked like a pretty good candidate! Perfect in height and spacing.
Ordinarily, I would rip wood for a normal face frame–top and bottom rails, and connecting stiles. I thought it prudent to leave the board/the apron WHOLE for more structure because of the “filler” leg stiles.
I used 3 different saws to make the cut outs for the drawers.
◊ The initial board/apron was cut on the table saw to width.
◊ A circular saw for the top & bottom rails for the straightest/smoothest cuts.
◊ A jig saw for the shorter sides/stiles.
◊ A hand saw to finish off each cut clean to the corners.
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I suppose I should back up here and show you my very “sophisticated drawer-planning.”
This was last week, there’s more progress since
and I’ll be back soon with all of that.
Catherine
◊ For those of you who didn’t know-
Here’s a simple diagram of a face frame.
I struck lines at each joint to show you their junctions.
Freddy & Petunia 