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Looks like poplar framing and birch plywood. What are the legs and top? What kind of joints?



That is exactly what I was going to say! Looks to be oak on the top.

Clay


Thanks everyone!!

Truth be told there are 4 kinds of wood there... Yes the top is oak. Since I knew it would be painted, I intended to use poplar, but also used what I had laying around. The frame is poplar, the legs I ripped out of a poplar 2x4 I found at home depot of all places. The end panels are leftover hardwood ply I had from when I built new shelves for my mom's kitchen cabinets that were sagging. The bottom pannel and dividers are just sanded pine ply, that I then sanded down some more. I did sift thru the stack for a nice piece... If I had it to do again, and had a truck... I'd get a full sheet of poplar or birch ply, and use all one species. Plus the top.

The joints are loose tennons. I used the "beadlock" to make them. And I had gotten the router bit to make the tennon stock, which I made out of poplar too. It sets up like a doweling jig, then you slide it over (loosen a knob and move it, not unclamp it...) and drill out the middle of the holes.

Setup...


And the mortises. 32 all together.


Then I put in corner blocks to not only mount the top, but give the corner joints some extra pull!


The cubby dividers are dado'd into the bottom, and pocket hole screwed to the top rails...




The side panels are 3/4 ply, rather than just a 1/4 panel like the plan called for. I did it for extra racking strength, and it made the insides flush to the legs. I pocket hole screwed them to the legs (with lots of glue) and trimmed the plugs flush with a block plane. Have a pic of that somewhere... no biggie. And the bottom pannel has some oak cleats it sits on, is glued and screwed to also. I don't think it's coming apart...

Benny Black & Silver '02 Too many mods to list Not enough miles ridden