4 rift sawn sticks for the legs

Hand sawn (is that a word?) feet trued with the plane

Dang it. Can’t seem to get through a project without a mess-up somewhere. Notice that pencil line? I thought it was in the wrong place, so I moved it, without checking the other legs. I even managed to screw up the “measure twice” adage!

Cut a plug to fit.

Glue it in.

plugged and trimmed.

Short width base layout – marking all joints with blue painters tape to keep things straight.

Prepping for each joint.

All the tenons were cut on the table saw, the cheeks were nibbled away.

Trim the top of the tenon.

mark and trim the bottom of each tenon

dry assembly of the base

The self supports were simply squared stock glued into a 1/8″ recess on the aprons.

Another view of the shelf support.

One corner of the base

Cross supports were loose tenoned in.

The top is a chip board melamine banded with 3 1/2″ wide strips of cherry.

The finished table, in the sewing room!