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Craftsy

Contemporary Coffee Table

via Craftsy

Overview

Learn how to build a coffee table of superior quality as you hone your woodworking skills alongside fine furniture-maker Craig Vandall Stevens. You’ll get tips for making a design mock-up, selecting the wood grain you want, laying out the parts for your project and milling flat, square pieces. Next, learn Craig’s straightforward approach for creating mortise and tenon joinery and custom tapered table legs. Move on to testing the fit of your table pieces, and see how to easily adjust joints for a perfect fit. When you’ve finished fitting, Craig will guide you through laying out, edge-joining and flattening your table top. Then, learn to assemble the base, anchor the table top and finish your table beautifully.

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Introduction & Planning the Mock-Up
  • Milling & Joinery
  • Shaping the Legs
  • Dry-Fitting the Table Base
  • Building the Top
  • Assembling the Base
  • Attaching the Top & Finishing

Taught by

Craig Vandall Stevens

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