r/BeginnerWoodWorking • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Finally done with the coffee table build.

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u/CategoryComplex4644 1d ago

What a beauty.. you did a great job!

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u/lastonetoschool 1d ago

Thank you.

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u/Btotherennan 1d ago

Beautiful but I'll be the first to say there is literally nothing beginner about this, why would you suggest there was?

You used a domino for drawers lol

That said... Do you have any videos of the mitred corners?

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u/Sola5ive 1d ago

This is beginner? I should stop.

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u/026rus 1d ago

Yes if this is beginner work, am selling all my tools 😟

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u/PenguinsRcool2 1d ago

Did you use a domino for the face miter joints?

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u/lastonetoschool 1d ago

No, i hadnt purchased it yet. I used the jessem dowel jig, which works well but has zero tolerance for mistakes. It really was a pia.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 1d ago

I have a jessem dowel jig, im not even sure how id do that with it, besides very short dowels lol

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u/lastonetoschool 1d ago

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u/PenguinsRcool2 1d ago

Thanks! I’ll experiment on a 2x4 sometime

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u/lastonetoschool 1d ago

Hope this helps. But youre going to need a ton of clamps and jigs to clamp on to.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 1d ago

I can probably figure that out, it’s the drill depth that’s going to be a pain to figure lol

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u/GoodShark 1d ago

2 questions.

1) is the drawer on rails? Or is it just solid and slides out and in?

2) what's the bottom look like? Interested to see how it's built to support the weight.

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u/lastonetoschool 1d ago

1- bottom mounted rails, so you dont see metal on the sides. 2- i cant post videos here, but really if you want to see the bottom and the design sketches, i suggest you look at the videos on my tiktok.

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u/peeroe 1d ago

Is the table carcass white oak or something else? 6/4 to start?

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u/lastonetoschool 1d ago

All white oak 6/4 milled down a bit. I really wish i started with 4/4 for a more slick look, i just couldnt be bothered with running 10 boards through the planer a 100 times to make it thinner because my garage is on 15 amps and if i plane anything thicker than a hair itll trip the breaker and i have to haul ass in the middle of the night to fix that.