Chippendale Side Tables – Project of the Week
This week we have a real treat for you. Two of our viewers, Brian and Jorge both built Chippendale Side Tables that were modeled after David Marks’ design from Woodworks. Both projects turned out great! Let’s hear from Brian first.
“I have been a hobbyist woodworker for the last 5 or so years but mostly around the house stuff – paint grade built-ins, crown moulding, etc. After years of watching David Marks I decided it was time to see how hard it was to build a quality piece of furniture. I called up my dad (who taught me everything about woodworking that David and Norm didnt) and told him it was time to get serious. We went and got ourselves a planer and a bandsaw to complete my small shop and decided David’s Chippendale Side Table was as good a place to start as any. I had seen this episode of Woodworks years ago and vaguely remembered it. Luckily, I found a link from David’s site that walked me through enough of the steps to get this project finished.”
“Some details of the piece: it is made from 2 pieces of rough lumber- 8/4 Honduran Mahogany for the legs and 4/4 for the aprons and the frame & panel top. The panel is resawn and bookmatched – I got really lucky with the figure of this particular piece of mahogany. The aprons are attached to the legs with integral tenons and the top is simply glued to the base. Wenge accents (courtesy of my Dad’s meticulous work on his scroll saw) were glued in place and the whole thing was treated with General Finishes red mahogany stain and Arm-R-Seal.”
And now let’s hear what Jorge had to say:
“Like you, I am a big fan of WoodWorks and I have been fortunate to have taken two classes with the Great David Marks. The design for these tables is from one of the first Woodworks but I did change the table top. I used redwood burl veneer. For the first time ever I used the vacuum press (which I purchased more than a year ago). I think they look good and my wife and children like them. I have been woodworking for just a few years and truly I am not that good yet. Honestly, these pictures significantly over represent my abilities. The pictures were taken on my table saw covered with a white blanket.”
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Beautiful work, both of you. I am particularly fond of mahogany — I have built a couple of hall tables from mahogany that turned out pretty nice. I like the extra touches on the aprons and legs.
I would say you are a couple of very good furniture builders. The tables look great in the pictures and I will bet they look even better in person. It sure shows what we can do if we will just get in the shop and try. Thanks for sharing them with us.
OK. I’m jealous of them both. Great work! Both pieces are beautiful.
Damn those are nice
Not my style but i appreciate the craftsmanship, Nice job!
Nice! I like the bookmatched veneer tops, especially the redwood burl. Did you resaw these yourself? What size band saw did you use?
very impressive, the both of you – and one of my favorite DJM projects too!
Nice, i like the corebox router detail in the legs!
Very nice. Excellent craftsmanship! The rail and panel top design kinda looks weird to me as the whole top isn’t usefull than but still very nice piece!