Night stand

Ok so I made this nightstand as a project for my Advanced woods class at BYU-Idaho.  It is made out of African Mahogany.  The grain of this wood is very beautiful and is not consistent.  Over time, it will get darker and darker.  In the picture below you can see the wood pattern is very pretty, and it finishes well.

This is the side panel before it is glued together.  Glueing is the trickiest part of wood working because you have a very small time frame to get everything in place and square.  I used tong and groove joints for the two side panels.

This is the front panel, you can see a difference in wood color from drawer faces and frame.  They came from a different tree.  I used dowel joints on the front.

The top panel I made from veneer glued together in a circle.  I used hide glue that has to be applied at a certain temperature which makes application very tricky, but the end product is strong and beautiful. (don't do it inside, it stinks!)

This is the making of the all wood drawers made from poplar.  This is the very strong dove tail joint.

This is the drawer and tracks made from ash (a hard and fairly inexpensive wood.)

And finally the finished product.  This is the natural color with a varnish.  As I said, the wood will get darker over time, just as most wood will.