Category Archives: Tables

Leather Top Table ( More Carving like a machine )

Posted on March 11, 2014 by millcrek

This is a low table, factory made, machine carved, it was built sometime in the first half of the twentieth century. It came in to the shop missing one leg otherwise in fair condition. One of the existing legs was … Continue reading →

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Carving like a machine ( game table )

Posted on March 6, 2014 by millcrek

A game table probably from the 1940s missing one leg and parts of the other three. The challenge here is to hand carve parts that look like they were carved by a machine. I cut poplar blocks for the missing … Continue reading →

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Wedged Dovetails

Posted on August 9, 2012 by millcrek

If you read Chris Schwarz’s blog at Popular Woodworking, there was recently an interesting post about wedged dovetails. Historically it’s been said that wedging was done primarily to close up gappy or sloppy dovetails. In the coments of that post … Continue reading →

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New Project 8 [ finishing up ]

Posted on January 30, 2012 by millcrek

This is where I left off in the last post, the piece has been burnished and simulated wear added. A small amount of distressing was also added. It is now ready to be colored and finished. Here it is finished. … Continue reading →

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New Project 7 [ wear ]

Posted on January 27, 2012 by millcrek

The people that buy the type of things I build, generally live in houses filled with antiques. Many times they are looking for a piece for a particular space or to fill a particular need and are unable to find … Continue reading →

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New Project 6 [ top ]

Posted on January 19, 2012 by millcrek

Next I built the top for the table by rubbing two boards together with hide glue and adding two braces. The braces are glued and nailed with rose head nails. The top attached with snipe hinges. Here you can see … Continue reading →

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New project 5 [Trim ]

Posted on January 16, 2012 by millcrek

After the stretchers were glued in place, I turned the piece over and trimmed the glue blocks, with a chisel, in preparation for trim at the bottom edge of the box. Here is the profile it appears to be two … Continue reading →

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New project 4 [ stretchers ]

Posted on January 3, 2012 by millcrek

The stretchers on this table, I believe, are the element that has allowed it to survive as long as it has. They are low to the ground and cut into the legs. On the original they are nailed in place. … Continue reading →

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New project 3 [ legs for the box ]

Posted on December 29, 2011 by millcrek

You may have noticed, in the previous posts on this project, a picture of a table with splayed legs and low stretchers laying on my bench. That is the table this project is based on, it was built in Georgia … Continue reading →

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New project 2 [ the box]

Posted on December 23, 2011 by millcrek

After the 4 boards were prepped in the previous post, they were dovetailed together. I didn’t detail that process here, but if you want to see my method I did in this post . You can see in the photo … Continue reading →

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