Thanks for Sharing, John…

I never would have attempted this project without your inspiration and encouragement through the Router Workshop series.  It is a Ming side table I built for my wife as a bed-table to rest meals and “stuff” on

The wood is from a Douglas fir construction cutoff at a construction site near my home which I got for free! It was 12×4x40.  Every part of the table except for the inner tray was made from that single cutoff.  The legs were shaped by a using my router with a template I made from the original illustration of the table.

The leg joinery is mitered mortise and tenon. The top piece is attached by tenons in the vertical section of the legs and mortises in the tray. The tray has mitered through tenons wedged.  The tray is made from a quarter inch piece of plywood slid into a groove in the edge pieces at a higher elevation than the tenons.  This tray is supported by two dovetail clamps in the bottom of the tray which fit into mortises on the side pieces.  The finish is lacquer.

Thank you for your inspiration to “get out my router”.

John Stark

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