Oak coffee table

I decided to show some step by step pictures of a project, from board to finished piece

 

 

 

 

Beautiful 28" x 12' Red Oak board, at least a few decades old, fairly flat too.

After wire brushing and marking, sawing begins

 

 Traversing with a bench plane to flatten the top. I used saw horses as my work bench was to small to handle the piece

Using my panel gauge to mark parallel width

Truing edges

Relieving edges so they don't splinter

Adding chamfer relief to underside of top

Marking leg width. The cut-offs will be used for the drawer. 

Squaring up legs

Flattening legs

Cyma curve set out

drawer pieces cut and planed

Using shooting board to true edges

Using Plow plane to Groove for drawer bottom

Drawer Half-blind and Through dovetails cut and fit

Pine drawer bottom fielded with a simple angle via jack plane

Trestle mortise and Cyma curve cut, to be cleaned up later

Air dried 4x6 Oak trestle beam, cut to length