This week I started designing and building a combo train and lego table for my kids.
This is the design:
The table top will be 36x48 and stand 18" high and will be covered in lego sheets
The 2 halves will slide out to reveal a large bin designed to hold sheets of hardboard that will have train scenery painted on them as well as a 22" expansion leaf. There will be room left over for storage of other misc items as well
The long sides will have 2 tilt out bins for storage
The short sides will have 2 drawers each.
The unit will be constructed of Maple for the casework, walnut for the drawer and bin faces, baltic birch plywood for the drawers and bins themselves, and MDF for the top.
As with every project I undertake I am incorporating some new (to me) techniques in the construction of this:
-Resawing, for the drawer and bin faces and the legs
-Domino loose tenon joinery
-Laminated legs? I don't know what it's called but here is a picture:
I resawed maple to 3/8 thick and then grain matched the 2" wide leg around a pine core (or whatever it was a ripped out of our old closet)
Here are some more pictures to date:
Lumber marked up
rough cut on miter and band saw and then jointed on 1 face and 1 edge
All of the external framing planed to 3/4", cut to final dimensions on table saw, and mortises cut with the Domino. The other internal framing pieces are planed to 3/4 only as they will be cut to fit.
My new time-saver!
the sides for the legs resawn jointed and planed
The centers of the legs gluing up
The sides of the legs cut to final dimensions and mitered
Framing Test Fit
Sliding dovetails for the top
All of the framing and center bin glued up
Idea I had for the pivot points for the side bin in lieu of piano hinges. Sliding dominos
All constructed, time to break it down, sand and finish
a little mineral spirits on a pair of drawer faces, should look awesome
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