built this this past winter for our house.  quarter sawn red oak.  all traditional mortise and tenon joinery.  drawers are dovetailed.  stain is Honey.

 

now sits in front of our couch, used every day.  also built based on a picture that my wife saw and liked.

 

it's a useful skill to be able to build from a picture or from seeing something displayed somewhere.  you can work out dimensions to suit your preferences and space available.  a project that i built in Jr. HS (8th grade) was based on several pictures that i combined, and i still have it (combo chess table and magazine rack).  if my math is correct, that was about 40 years ago.  i'm getting old.

Most excellent!

Gorgeous. Love QSWO. 

thanks.

 

i have more pics of other projects.  i'll space them out over time.

Wonderful!!

Beautiful piece of furniture and workmanship. Love the grain flow on top. My wife and I stayed in a friends cabin on a lake. The cabin and furniture were very old. They had a piece that looked very similar. 

That's very nice work!

 

Steve

we have gots to get us a bigger like button...

I can trade in likes for bags of sawdust right?

Beautiful table, also a cool fireplace setup. I have never seen a fireplace that was on a lower floor than the main like this!

Kiva fireplace. Typical in pueblo style homes in New Mexico. Has bench seating by it. Three steps down from main level. 

4 minutes ago, DAB said:

Kiva fireplace. Typical in pueblo style homes in New Mexico. Has bench seating by it. Three steps down from main level. 

The benches were the first thing I noticed. Well, other than the table of course lol.

 

Edited August 27, 20169 yr by Charles Nicholls

Beautiful table. I love the quarter sawn oak. I love the way the grain just pops out. Excellent work and thanks for sharing.

 

Great looking table.  I like the color too.

That really shows how pretty red oak can be when quartersawn. Not all red oak will look this good quartered, but this is a beauty!

 

Dave

 

I agree with you about being able to work from a picture or something you see. 

 

I was given this picture by a customer.

The table top was round and she wanted a square and ask if I could build this for her.

 

I took the size she wanted and made a SketchUp drawing of the table with dimensions.

 

And here is the table in the shop  before I delivered it.

 

And in the customers breakfast room. I also built the banquets.

 

 

 

i tried sketch up once, found it too constraining, so i just set pencil to paper and draw away.  most times the drawings are not to scale, as i have a good idea of the proportions of an item, or its dimensions are driven by other factors (it has to fit in a given space).  once in a while, if it's a new item, like the bed i recently finished, i'll draw out a scale drawing and mess with dimensions and proportions until it looks right.  but sketch up?  pass.  i'd rather be in the shop thinking than in my office fussing with a mouse.

Very nice!

I love it! Really well done.

If possible please post your design so that others can learn.  Such as I am sure the mortise and tenon was 1/3 the T and 2/3 the W of the  narrowest thinnest piece.