Complete Build of an Occasional Table From Douglas Fir Slabs

I take some free Douglas Fir slabs and build a small table, going through every step of preparation and construction.

00:00 Intro
00:58 Planing the slab wood and using a straightening sled
03:17 Glue up the top
05:46 Making the leg blanks
09:54 Tapering the legs with a tapering jig
14:32 Making the aprons and cutting tenons
17:15 Cutting mortises in the legs
19:48 Breadboard ends
24:13 Assembling the breadboard top
26:00 Finishing the legs
27:12 Fitting the breadboard ends
28:09 Glue up aprons and legs
31:33 Finishing the top
35:00 Attaching aprons to the top
36:22 Final comments


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