Maple Coffee Table 2

The rail tenons were cut with a handheld router and edge guide. A marking gauge was used to scribe the location of the tenon shoulders.  This severed the face fibers of the wood and eliminated tareout during routing. The joints came together nice and tight with minor face offset, maybe a couple thousands of an inch.

After gluing the rail and stiles overnight i moved on to the dividers that will hold the table top tiles.  I will be lap joining the dividers to the rails and stiles with pocket dovetails.

Once the dovetail pockets are done I will finish off the table top by cross lapping the dividers and rout rabbets to hold the tiles.