Table - Shareton-Style Table.pdf - Woodworking Plans - t240

SHERATON-STYLE

TABLE

Walnut, White Pine

MAKING THE SHERATON-

STYLE TABLE

to accommodate the seasonal expansion and contraction

of the top across its width, the screws that fasten the top

to the base should pass through oversized holes in the kicker

strips.

Drawer construction is tricky in one respect. Like the parts

of the apron and the drawer rails, the drawer front must be

shaped to allow it to be closed so that its surface is flush

with the surface of the drawer rails without wide gaps at

either side. Like the apron and drawer rail shoulders, the

drawer front could be undercut, but I wanted a more

graceful shape in this location because it is visible when

the drawer is opened. I decided then to curve the back side

of the drawer front, matching it to the curve on the legs.

After fitting the drawer, sand and finish the table and

drawer.

Begin construction with the legs. The exact shapes of their

various sections can be determined by the individual wood-

worker; however, the section that will be joined to the

apron, that section above the upper bead, must be carefully

formed so that it maintains a consistent diameter from top

to bottom as any variation in diameter will show itself here

as a gap.

Once a leg has been formed but before it's taken from

the lathe, mark the centerlines for the mortises that will

receive the apron tenons. Do this using the lathe's indexing

head.

The indexing head is a disk centered on the lathe's axis

with holes drilled near its perimeter. Each of these holes

marks 10° of the disk's 360° circumference and, by exten-

sion, 10° of the 360° circumference of any work centered

on the lathe's axis. After selecting the faces of the leg that

will be visible from the table's side and end, the tool rest

is brought into contact with that section of the leg that

will be joined to the apron. The indexing head is then

locked at this position (on my lathe that's simply a matter

of releasing a spring-loaded peg into one of the holes drilled

near the head's circumference) and a line is drawn along

the tool rest on the leg. Then, using the spring-loaded peg

to count holes, the work is turned nine stops on the indexing

head which is then locked at this point and a second line

drawn. These lines are 90° apart and mark the centerlines

of the mortises that will house the apron tenons.

After the apron parts and drawer rails have been dimen-

sioned, cut their tenons. You can start this on the table

saw, but it must be completed by hand or on the band

saw as the shoulders of the apron parts must be undercut

so that the shoulders come to a sharp point. This is necessary

if the shoulders are to make tight contact with the round

surface of the leg.

The table frame—consisting of the four legs, the three

sections of the apron, and the two drawer rails—is then

glued-up.

Next, install drawer runners and kicker strips. The kicker

strips on this table serve two purposes. First, they keep the

drawer properly aligned when it is partially open. Second,

they act as cleats to affix the table's top to its base. In order

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