Classic Woodworking: End Table with Carved Accents (110)
Jun 09, 2018
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This week on Classic Woodworking, host Tom McLaughlin welcomes his friend and neighbor David Lamb to his shop. David, a long-standing member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters, creates dazzling furniture designs infused with some of the classic lines and shapes of American Federal and Rococo work. In this episode David and Tom share tips for making an end table out of contrasting walnut and butternut. This piece is all about the details. David shows how to carve unique design elements while Tom heads to the lathe for some turning. A contemporary design, this end table provides a great opportunity to play with artistic details.
For more on using a skew chisel for turning, see the article Learn to Love the Skew.
For more on turning legs, see the article Turn a Spindle.
For more on shaping wood with hand tools, see the article Shaping Wood by Hand.
For more on cutting custom beads and other profiles, see the article Make Your Own Scratch Stocks.
For more on making custom profiles for tabletops, see the article The Right Edge for Your Tabletop.
For more on adding a top to a table, see the article Attaching Tabletops.
Comments
I'm really disappointed with this series. It's too slick and skips over far too much. It might have some entertainment value but it has no educational value. The Video Workshops I can watch over and over and learn something new each time. With Rough Cut, it's gone before you realize you didn't understand something. It's not what I have come to expect from Fine Woodworking. Back to Video Workshops - PLEASE.
Graymo, there are more video workshops coming soon!
I hope this will be taken as constructive criticism, as I intend it to be.
The new Rough Cut glosses over almost every interesting aspects of projects, and they miss the teaching opportunities and thoughtful "how to's" for a woodworker to go beyond the passive activity of watching another person work at a distance.
"I did this, he did that." For that content, I might as well listen to friends recap their Ikea furniture assembly or, better yet, watch some of the excellent content creators on YouTube. You've seen them, too. I understand this is a short show, and there's way more than you could ever sufficiently cover in 30 mins. But since this isn't a 30 minute video workshop, this means you can do more than make a superficial highlight real of a project. So how about this: within each project, focus on 2 or 3 specific techniques that the majority of hobbyist woodworkers would be able to learn something from. Take advantage of the fact that you have yet another supremely knowledgeable host who's not just a "content creator" like those on YouTube-he's a real woodworker and craftsman. And you have access to some of the best woodworkers and designers in the country.
The side table they built on this episode was gorgeous. But this episode's content pales in comparison to what it could have been.
Incidentally, I must say it's hard to believe this is the "same show". The magic of the old Rough Cut was that it lived up to its name through the host's presentation and selection of content. This season, there is no rough about the presentation, and the content has zero cut. In my opinion, it's time to refocus and rebrand.
Thank you for a very nice episode and serie! Amazing teaching and showing of techniques! Brilliant!
Best,
Pär
I wish there were plans for this table. Will they become available. I enjoy this series. The projects are beautiful and they inspire me. It would be great to have an article with plans for each project.
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