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Converting an old marble table to a coffee table. I haven't worked in my shop recently and forgot how much work even the most basic thing like cutting to length is. Anyways, I'm happy how things turned out.

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[–] callcc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately I didn't document that part of the process. But you figured it out correctly. It's two rectangular pockets that meet in the center of the leg. I drilled a bunch of holes using an 8mm drill bit and then chiseled out the rest. This process works quite well, even though it's not extremely precise, especially since I used pine.