Sewing Table

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Sewing Table Part one

 This table was built as a Christmas present for my cousins wife.
She started getting into sewing so My cousin wanted a nice work place for her.
I started the table by building the legs I ripped pine on a 45 at 3.5" wide by 30" long. Glued and nailed them together to make 30" long 4x4s that will look a hole lot better then the ones in the store.


Next I built the frame for under the table. This would be a slight bit more intricate then I first imagined in my head. Not a super intricate build however as I started building it I first was just going to make a boring box and mount the legs to the inside. When I cut the boards I then decided that I wanted to make it a little more nice looking. So instead I made a cut out in each corner three inches by three inches this way the legs would bump out one half of an inch past the frame.

Connecting the legs to the frame was and is pretty obvious. Just put the legs in place and screw them on from the backside as to not have any screw heads showing. As you can see from the picture on the left the legs fit exactly how I wanted them to all four sticking out a half inch past the frame on all four sides.
I then put three cross members in the frame for an easy way to secure the top to the frame very easy and with no blemishes on the top.

Then it was time to build the top I didn't want it to be just some boring pine top so I jointed together a pine top 7" shorted then the finish top and 7" skinnier. When this was dried and ready to work with I then picture framed the top with a 3" strip of oak and once again with a 4" strip of pine to give a nice oak inlay look to the table.

I then routered the table frame with a nice colonial profile starting it 1.5" in for one leg and stopping 1.5" from the next. On all four sides at the bottom of the frame. Next on the legs the frame was 3.5" tall so I started a quarter round profile 4" down and 4" up on all for sides of each leg. Also a Quarter round profile on the top and underside of the table top. Then onto a nice heavy sanding and a good even first coat of poly.

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