The Side Table & Bridle Guides

  In Chapter One we prepare all of our timber ready for the build. Download The Cutting List Here This is a long Chapter, as we're covering many core techniques including my formula for flattening the face of a board. Chapter Breakdown 01.11 - Prepping The Top Panel...

  In Chapter Two We Make Our Bridle Guide System. Download The Drawings For Making Your Bridle Guides - This is a multi-page document, that details how to layout your test joint and gauge the cheek measurement for each guide. The Bridle Guides are made as a set of...

  In Chapter Three We Cut All Of Our Joinery Download The Joinery Drawings Here - This is a multi page PDF, with drawings for the 12 degree guide, & marking out details for the bridles and halving joint. We use the guides we've previously made for cutting our...

  In Chapter Four We Complete The Build Of Our Side Table The first job is to return to our glued up top panel, and flatten off both faces, before squaring up an end. We then clean up our bridle joints and create a bullnose down the length of each leg.The top and base...

  In Chapter Five We Ebonise The Base & Finish Our Side Table The process of ebonising can be carried out on almost any wood, but this is certainly a finish to do a test run of first to see how you like the results. Before finishing it's vital that we prepare the...