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Mark and cut the mortises for all the rails. Also, you can see the finished carving from the previous step.

a router or trim router so you can shape the leg. My jig has an "L"-shaped base, which allows me to slide it along the lathe's bed during routing. Rout as close as you can get to the beads you turned on the leg, then stop and complete the reeding by carving it into the turned bead on the leg. Complete the other three legs the same way, then cut the mortises for all the table's rails.

I use a hollow-chisel mortis-er with a sliding table, which makes the twin mortises on the front legs a snap. All the mortises are made using a V4" mortising bit and are 3/4" deep.

Make Your Rails Ready

With the exception of the curvy detail on the lower rails, the table saw handles most of the work on the rails. Begin by cutting the tenons. First use your miter gauge and fence to define the edge and face shoulders, as shown in the photo above right. All the tenons on the rails are 3/4" long.

Once all your shoulders are defined, cut the edge and face cheeks on the two side rails and one rear rail. Then finish up the cheeks on the front rails and remove the waste between the two tenons to match the twin mortises on the front legs.

To cut the tenons on the side and rear rails, first define the shoulders as shown, then come back and cut the cheeks.

To create the twin tenon on the front rails, make the shoulder cut on the 5/s" sides only. Using a tenoning jig, make the cheek cut for both edges and reset the jig to remove the waste between the tenons.

FEDERAL INLAY TABLE

NO.

LET.

ITEM

DIMENSIONS (INCHES)

MATERIAL

COMMENTS

4

A

Legs

1V2

1/2

271/s

Mahogany

3

B

Side and rear rails

3/4

4V4

133/4

Mahogany

V TBE

2

C

Front rails

5/s

1/2

133/4

Mahogany

V TBE

4

D

Lower wavy rails

V2

1/2

133/4

Mahogany

V TBE

1

E

Drawer front

7/s

3

123/16

Bird's-eye maple

2

F

Drawer sides

7/l6

3

135/s

Pine

1

G

Drawer back

7/l6

23/s

123/16

Pine

1

H

Drawer bottom

V2

113/4

135/s

Pine

2

J

Drawer runners

5/s

15/s

13V4

Pine

3/s" TOE

2

K

Drawer guides

5/s

3/4

12V4

Pine

1

L

Top

3/4

161/2

163/4

Mahogany

1

M

Shelf

V2

143/4

143/4

Mahogany

1

N

Front panel inlay

3/4

4

24

Bird's-eye maple

4 inlay pieces from board

P

String inlay

Vs

1/s

7 lf

Ebony

Q

Drawer front crossbanding

3/l6

3/4

3 lf

Mahogany

R

Inlay banding

9/32

5 lf

See "Supplies" for information

S

Bottom edge inlay

3/l6

1/4

4 lf

Tiger maple

6

T

Wooden clips

V2

7/s

4

Pine

TBE = tenon both ends; TOE = tenon one end; lf = linear feet

TBE = tenon both ends; TOE = tenon one end; lf = linear feet

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