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Step 2Orthographic & Materials List
The picture below is a diagram of the table with measurements. I would like to briefly mention some information on purchasing your materials.
Purchasing Lumber
To make your fine furniture you want to use hardwood. When one refers to hardwood they are talking about wood that is harvested from deciduous trees (ex: maple, oak, walnut, etc.) When purchasing raw hardwood you we will be purchasing it by the board foot. The example below is how to figure out board feet.
1 Board Foot: a measurement equal to 1 foot long, 1 foot wide and 1 inch thick or 144 cubic inches. For example, 1 board foot could also be equal to a piece of wood 10 inches long, 8 inches wide and 1 3/4" thick which is also 144" cubic inches.
As you figure out how much board feet you need you will also be deciding how you will extract your pieces/parts from the lumber. For example, the legs of the table are 3 x 3 . The cherry boards I bought were only 2.5 inches thick. Since you must estimate for waste in the process of dressing the lumber, be prepared to have extra material.
As I mentioned, the cherry boards where 2.5 inches thick. So I estimated to have 2 inches in usable thickness after preparing the lumber, therefore I will need another 1 inch thick board in order to get my 3 x 3 leg. And this would be necessary for each leg. This would amount to 6 pieces from the rough lumber at 2.5 inches thick.
The overall table is 20 inches wide by 36 inches long and stands 20 inches tall. The table top is made of Quilted Maple and the under carriage is made of fine Vermont Cherry. I must say the wood I bought for this was as good as you can buy. And I definitely paid a high price for it. I over bought in both types of wood because I wanted to have enough wood and possibly build two matching side tables. I bought a 12 foot long board of the maple that was 22 inches wide and paid $112. The cherry was very costly (but the finest you can get). I bought 2 boards that were 10 foot long, 10 inches wide and 2.5 inches thick and paid about $360 or so, but the natural beauty of the wood shows.
Material List:
Quilted Maple - Quarter sawn
Vermont Cherry - fine (very few to no knots) - Quarter sawn
Plastic - 1 sheet of Spectar - a copolymer plastic (more elastic and stronger than acrylic) for magazine tray
MDF - for mold
Bondo - for mold
Wood glue
4 wood table top anchors
4 small wood screws
1 can of natural oil polish & rags
Tools: - most steps were not done with power hand tools but machinery in a wood workshop.
Band saw
Radial arm saw
Table saw
Vacuum former
Jointer
Planer
Mortise machine
Milling machine (could use router)
Clamps - large 4 foot clamps & smaller ones
Orbital sander
Heat gun
Safety glasses
Sandpaper (Lots of it!)
Purchasing Lumber
To make your fine furniture you want to use hardwood. When one refers to hardwood they are talking about wood that is harvested from deciduous trees (ex: maple, oak, walnut, etc.) When purchasing raw hardwood you we will be purchasing it by the board foot. The example below is how to figure out board feet.
1 Board Foot: a measurement equal to 1 foot long, 1 foot wide and 1 inch thick or 144 cubic inches. For example, 1 board foot could also be equal to a piece of wood 10 inches long, 8 inches wide and 1 3/4" thick which is also 144" cubic inches.
As you figure out how much board feet you need you will also be deciding how you will extract your pieces/parts from the lumber. For example, the legs of the table are 3 x 3 . The cherry boards I bought were only 2.5 inches thick. Since you must estimate for waste in the process of dressing the lumber, be prepared to have extra material.
As I mentioned, the cherry boards where 2.5 inches thick. So I estimated to have 2 inches in usable thickness after preparing the lumber, therefore I will need another 1 inch thick board in order to get my 3 x 3 leg. And this would be necessary for each leg. This would amount to 6 pieces from the rough lumber at 2.5 inches thick.
The overall table is 20 inches wide by 36 inches long and stands 20 inches tall. The table top is made of Quilted Maple and the under carriage is made of fine Vermont Cherry. I must say the wood I bought for this was as good as you can buy. And I definitely paid a high price for it. I over bought in both types of wood because I wanted to have enough wood and possibly build two matching side tables. I bought a 12 foot long board of the maple that was 22 inches wide and paid $112. The cherry was very costly (but the finest you can get). I bought 2 boards that were 10 foot long, 10 inches wide and 2.5 inches thick and paid about $360 or so, but the natural beauty of the wood shows.
Material List:
Quilted Maple - Quarter sawn
Vermont Cherry - fine (very few to no knots) - Quarter sawn
Plastic - 1 sheet of Spectar - a copolymer plastic (more elastic and stronger than acrylic) for magazine tray
MDF - for mold
Bondo - for mold
Wood glue
4 wood table top anchors
4 small wood screws
1 can of natural oil polish & rags
Tools: - most steps were not done with power hand tools but machinery in a wood workshop.
Band saw
Radial arm saw
Table saw
Vacuum former
Jointer
Planer
Mortise machine
Milling machine (could use router)
Clamps - large 4 foot clamps & smaller ones
Orbital sander
Heat gun
Safety glasses
Sandpaper (Lots of it!)
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