Catch up

I wanted to catch everyone up on how the coffee table commission is progressing. I am a little ahead of where this post will leave off and I will try and post again shortly- try.

Looking more like a scarab than anything else the parts for the base are rough cut and laid out.

The veneer process takes shape. Brown tape is specialty veneer tape that adheres with water- I once used blue tape instead and after the pressure applied to adhere the veneer it stuck like I have never seen tape stick before. Like removing duct tape from kleenex. Never do that again. On the lower image you can see a rough sketch of the final shape. I made a template with some MDF and a pattern bit to cut the base to size. Also note the other base in production- this, I think, will be a hall table. 

Both bases veneered and cut. 

The four legs attach via sliding dovetails. Using this jig and a guide bushing on the router I can cut the channels fairly easily for the dovetails.