Changing Table

I learned so much doing this project. This was my first piece of furniture. Before this, I was building picture frames and birdhouses. This was my first project buying wood from a hardwood store, and therefore, my first work with red oak. I used a router and fence to joint the boards and then used a card scraper to flatten them. The large pieces were all flattened by card scraper. I learned how to sharper a card scraper.

The dividers were attached to the sides by a sliding dovetail. I didn't make it narrower on the front because I couldn't figure out how to do that with what I have, so I hammered and hammered until the thing fit. I won't do that long of a sliding dovetail again. I used the table top clips from Woodcraft to attach the top. I used my biscuit jointer to cut the slots for those, and that worked very well. I mismeasured the top somehow and had to get creative with a border of about 1 1/2" on the sides and front. It looks like I designed it that way, but I assure you I goofed big time.

I guess it's all in the recovery, right? I can sit on this thing and it doesn't creak or move at all. It weighs about 12 billion pounds, and I think that's a good thing considering the junk we buy from stores nowadays.

Red mahogany stain with Minwax Poly sprayed (another first for me) in three coats. I need to start experimenting with a different finish (but my wife likes this).