Woodworker: Rick TomkinsTomkins built this table (20-in. wide by 47-in. long by 15-in. tall) as a gift for his daughter. He says it’s more a tea table than a coffee table, as it was inspired by a teapot she received for Christmas. The woods are African mahogany and Ponderosa pine. The mahogany end pieces on the stretchers were fastened to the leg with a mortise-and-tenon joint; the crossmember was joined with a lap joint. Tomkins roughed out the shape of the breadboard ends with a gouge, checking against templates and doing the final shaping with progressively finer grits of sandpaper. The finish is lacquer and Briwax.