Make an Attractive Tabletop
In this video on making a nightstand, you'll learn how to glue up a beautiful tabletop for the project.
The top is one of the most prominent features of any table, and one that most novice woodworkers often treat as an afterthought. Fact is, careful wood selection and special attention to grain matching can help to make one tabletop built from two or three separate pieces of wood look like one, beautiful, wide board.
In this episode of Getting Started in Woodworking, Asa Christiana and Ed Pirnik show you how to carefully select and orient the right boards for your tabletop, and then glue them together using—you guessed it—a simple dowel jig. Plus, you’ll learn how to add a simple, yet elegant under-bevel to your tabletop—yet another feature to set your project apart from the pack.
Written by: Asa Christiana
Produced by: Ed Pirnik and Gina Eide
Video by Gary Junken, Editing by Cari Delahanty
Videos in the Series
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Building a Walnut NightstandNovember 4, 2019 -
How to Shop for Rough LumberOctober 29, 2019 -
Milling Your Own LumberOctober 29, 2019 -
How to Taper Legs Using the Table SawOctober 29, 2019 -
Strong, simple dowel joinery techniqueNovember 5, 2019 -
Make an Attractive TabletopNovember 5, 2019 -
Adding a shelf to a tableNovember 5, 2019 -
How to Glue Up a Table with a ShelfNovember 5, 2019 -
How to apply oil finish for woodNovember 5, 2019
Comments
There were 2 things I'd like to query about:
1) No mention of snipe on the planer? Is your planer snipe free?
2) Why not use a white lead pencil? Marking walnut, and other dark woods, with a regular pencil makes it hard to see the marks.
Thank you.
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