Small Elm Table

Hi everyone

Just thought I would share this with you as it has a little Japanese feel to it.

My wife Sandra had been asking me to make a small low coffee / tea table for our lounge.

With Christmas approaching I thought it would be the perfect gift.

I had a look in my old stock of timber and found a small amount of Elm. Hard to work , but such a great looking Timber.

With no plans or drawings just a pile of wood I came up with this. J

This is the underside. Elm moves for a past time ,so needed to make sure the top could move freely.

I dovetailed the corner frame, chamfered the legs to meet on the corner. An end cleat on the end of the top boards is a good idea for Elm too.

A quick coat of the Queens favorite oil and the jobs a gooden.

 smells good too.

                             

And before you know it 10hrs later boom there it is, a kind of English Japanese looking table !

This year im going to try and cut more Japanese joints ,maybe at our meeting group days.

Andy Ryalls