The Basement Workshop



Mahogany Reading Table Album

Old Sketch Provides the Basis for Leg



New Sketch With Refined Leg



Old Leg Prototype - New Leg Prototype - Pattern



Ripping Billet



Billet With Two Sides Jointed True



Two Leg Slabs Cut



Using Spokeshave to Fair Inside Curve of Leg Slab



Trimming Leg Slabs



Two Slabs - Four Legs



Outside Cuts Done



One Billet - Lots of Sawing - Four Legs



Smoothing Inside Of Legs



Legs Mocked Up As End and Side



Checking in Room Closeup



Plank of Old Cuban Mahogany



Cuban Mahogany Billett Carefully Sawn in Face Veneers



Gluing Veneer Into Sheets



Cuban Mahogany Face Veneer - Mahogany Back Veneer



Shop Setup to Clamp Veneer Sheets



Ample Even Squeeze Out - A  Hopeful Sign



Scraping the Cuban Mahogany Top



Wedge Shaped Planing Sled



CloseUp of Applied Thick Veneer and Edges



Mostising Leg



Fitting Front Right Leg Mortise



Setup to Check Alignment of Drawer Slides and Drawer Face



Good Alignment



Layout of Dovetail Pins On Drawer Front



Pins Cut In Drawer Front CloseUp



Testing Fit After Cutting Tails At Rear of Drawer CloseUp



Drawer Dovetails Cut



Drawer Front and Side From Front



Checking Drawer Slides and Alignment



Preliminary Fitting



Fitting Drawer End Mortise and Tenon Joints



Spokeshaving Legs to Finish



Bandsaw Marks Gauge Progress



Faces Shaped  - Edges Not Shaped



Shaping Edges



Tiny Shavings Taken When Shaping Edges



Back View of Prefinished Legs



Prefinished Sides



Gluing Drawer End on Table Saw Bottom Right



Glued Drawer End - Drawer Front Removed



Mies En Place for Gluing Sides to Ends



Gluing Sides to Ends



Gluing Sides to Ends Inside View



Alignment Marks and Checking for Checking for Square



Mock Up of Molding



Cutting Mortise for Drawer Pull



Carving Drawer Pull of Tulipwood



Fitting Drawer Slides



Front



Front Left From Above



Right Front



Right Rear



Left Front



Left Front With Drawer



Top Horizontal Shot



Top Vertical Shot



Cuban Mahogany in Top



Right Drawer Front



Underneath



Drawer and Slide From Rear



Drawer Slide and Top Button



Left Drawer Outline