The stage where separate components finally become a table - and where one wrong cut costs the most.

Turning sharp CNC edges into a smooth, hand-shaped roundover using a block plane, spokeshave and a Sloyd knife.

To remove the machining marks and leave a pristine surface, a card scraper reaches parts other tools cannot.

Six tapering staves, one CNC, and a jig built to get the glue-ups spot on.

Before any joinery begins, there's the puzzle of laying out the boards - thousands of possible arrangements, one right answer.

Every commission starts the same way for me - at the timber yard, hand-picking boards before a single cut is made.