Craftsman Style Coffee Table - Frame Assembly

I finished up the base of the coffee table this weekend. Stained and poly'd the shelf panel and glued up the frame. Here are some pictures of the process.


The panel stained up nicely...


...and got shiny after the first two coats of gloss poly...


...looked really interesting after sanding...


...then got shiny again after the third coat of gloss...

...and finally looked pretty nice after another sanding and the final coat of satin poly.

As the shelf panel was drying between coats I worked on gluing up the end assemblies.


Everything fit nicely so nothing much to say here. Above you can see the two ends glued and clamped.


After the ends and shelf were all dry I glued up the entire base.


So far so good...