Build idea
Shaker-style side table
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A plain side table with legs tapered on their inside faces, mortise-and-tenon aprons, and a top that floats on wood buttons. It suits cherry, walnut, red oak or maple.
- Rough size
- About 18 in square x 26 in tall
- Wood
- Cherry, walnut, red oak or maple
Tools you might use
- Table saw
- Hand plane
- Router
- Hand saw
- ClampsOur picks
- Sanding
- Table saw for ripping and tapering
- Jointer and thickness planer, or hand planes
- Plunge router
- Tenon saw, or a table saw
- Shoulder plane or sharp chisels
- Clamps
- Combination square, mortise gauge, marking knife
- Random-orbit sander, card scraper
- Safety glasses, hearing protection, dust mask
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