Slab top table
This is included here as a reminder to me: how is it that such a simple thing requires so many steps?
The idea was to build the simplest 3 legged base, without detailed joinery, and without having the slab nearby – so mortising the legs directly into the slab wouldn’t do…..
2″ live-sawn Claro Walnut slab top, 3 Walnut legs, a piece of Baltic Birch ply, some hardware, Livos oil finish…
1-Leg mock-up
2-Bandsaw legs
3-Thickness legs, square 4 sides.
4-Cut top angle of legs
5-Domino legs
6-Bandsaw rear taper
7-Bandsaw side tapers of legs
8- Beltsand faces
9-Compound cut length at leg bottoms.
10-Chamfer layout, white pencil.
11-Chamfer sand
12-Legs ready
13-Top plate Domino
14-Top plate expansion washers
15-Top plate washers, 2nd slot.
16-Dominos trim
17-Leg bolts drill
18-Feet pre-drill
19-Requires assembly
20-Hand sanding, followed by oil finish
21-Claro walnut slab