Randall Bush Coffee Table

Mission Style Coffee Table for Randall Bush
Build progress log

October 28, 2008
Mill all eight legs from a slab of 8/4 quarter sawn white oak (QSWO)

Raw 8/4 stock Milled legs

October 29, 2008
Randall hand picks some 4/4 QSWO from Bennett Hardwoods

Check out the medullary ray "flecks"

October 30, 2008
Prepare all Domino slots (mortises) in the leg stock

Slot indexing jig    Pre-labeled legs   Cutting leg slots   All leg slots done

October 31, 2008
Fabricate narrow rail pieces and do a preliminary dry fit

Raw rail board    Milled rail stock     Final narrow rails  Custom Domino end slotting jig

Dry fit legs and narrow rails

November 1, 2008
Fabricate wide rail pieces + drawer opening, and vertical slats

Glue drawer rail    Milling slat mortises   Dry fit including wide rails and slats

November 2, 2008
Chamfer edges on all basic frame pieces

Route edge chamfers   Ready for final sanding

November 3, 2008
Sand bevels on leg ends, finish sand all frame parts, glue up sub-assemblies

Sand leg bevels    Final part sanding      Glue L&R side assemblies

November 5, 2008
Continue building center unit structure and start fabricating the top

Glue center sides Raw top boards Milled top pieces Glue up the top

Center unit back Center unit front Glued table top (raw)

Dry fit - front            Dry fit - back

November 6, 2008
Start building the drawer

Cutting dovetails

November 7, 2008
Finish the drawer and drawer infrastructure

Drawer glue up   Drawer infrastructure         Completed drawer unit

November 17, 2008
Final Glue-Up

Front                   Back

November 18, 2008
Finished the woodworking portion!!!

November 27, 2008
Final Project!!

Randall completed the upholstery and applied the stain and oil/poly.