A walnut side table, start to finish
Through mortise and tenon joints, drawbored with oak pegs. The top is a single board I had been saving for three years. Finished with five thin coats of shellac and paste wax.
Read more →Hand-tool woodworking from a one-room workshop.
Through mortise and tenon joints, drawbored with oak pegs. The top is a single board I had been saving for three years. Finished with five thin coats of shellac and paste wax.
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