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keyoung:
I love woodworking but nice wood and nice equipment is sooo expensive.
Here is a table I designed/built using my school's very nice woodworking studio equipment:

Here is a cabinet/computer-monitor-hiding-device I built for an mini-istallation using only crappy hand-held tools and materials I found in trash bins:

Sometimes I kind of want to drop out of college and start a carpentry apprenticeship.  But then I remeber how much I LOATH sanding things by hand (goodbye fingerprint ridges).

Jareth:
A trick I just learned building a set is mixing drywall mud with weldbond, and putting two or three thin coats on it so that the surface is smooth and seamless. It hides the imperfections in the wood really well too, so you can use crappy wood. That seals the wood and primes it really well for painting. Doesn't help if you're planning on staining it though. Hand sanding small projects isn't bad, I actually find it kinda soothing. What kind of joins did you use for the table?

keyoung:

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Mortis and tenon for connecting the legs to the table top and dowel joints for connecting the lower leg section to the upper section.
I was worried that the table wasn't really structurally sound because of the angle of the legs/location of the joints but then my friend came over and sat on it while I wasn't looking.  I almost had a heart attack, but then I realized it was fine and a lot stronger than I'd thought.

Jenno:
I spent the last couple of my Sundays making this small table for my hifi amp and other random crap. The intention was to have it fit in with the style of the desk I already made a couple of years ago (in the background).
The wood is Southwest Australian Jarrah.

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