Mahogany Drum Table

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Full Size Drawings

Top Glue-up (poplar)

Shape cut on Bandsaw

Cleaning up the edge

Edge Banding Glued Up

Edge Banding applied to Top

Curved Rail Blank and Pattern

Testing the Fit

Oak Cross Rail

Oak Drawer Runners Installed

Subtop Clamped

Bandsaw Jig

Cutting the Assembly on the Bandsaw

Top Veneer Pattern (60 deg)

6 Required

3 Segments 

6 Segments

In the Press + an automotive jack

Out of the press.  Radius cut begins

Sanding and Scraping.  Cross-banding is next.

Line Inlay and Cross-banding Test Fit

Cross-banding being glued

Ready to scrape

Closeup of Line Inlay

Inlay Sections cut on the CNC Mill

Sections being assembled

 Completed Inlay

Drawer Sections Layout on 4/4 Poplar

Sections Glued up.  

Locating Drawer Rails 

Drawer Front Fitting

Minimal Gaps

Mahogany Serving Tray
(Design Idea as found online)

Veneer was selected and cut to size

Completed face in the veneer press

Ready for scraping and trimming

Trimmed, sanded and scraped

The Gallery Sides dovetailed

All corners complete

Side Piercing designed in AutoCAD

Side Piercing being cut on the CNC Mill

Finishing begins

Knife Box

Nice example of an 18th century knife box

Pine segments were cut out on the bandsaw and trimmed on the router table

using a nailed on pattern and a flush cutting router bit.

Segments were stacked and checked for fit

Stack glued in the main vise

Centerline maintains symmetry

Mahogany crossbanding glued on

Center panel glued using a segmented gluing caul and a sheet

of neoprene