Bedside Table Build Process

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Well, one thing's decided: I now know what I'm going to make the table from.

This morning I had a trip over to my favourite timber yard:

They had loads of stock of Oak, Sweet Chestnut & Sycamore plus a few bits of Yew, Ash, Sequoia and these lovely looking bits of Spalted Beech (which I didn't buy, despite being tempted):

After browsing the stocks for quite a while, I ended up coming home with a healthy stash of Sycamore in a few different thicknesses. I bought way more than I need for the bedside table (I could probably make four of them!) but I figured it would all get used on something eventually. I really enjoyed working with Sycamore when I made the Mini-Moravian bench and was really happy with what that looked like once finished so hopefully this Sycamore will live up the same standards.

It seemed to pass the first inspection from our little 21-year-old:

I see a lot of hand planing in my future...

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