I've been building just using small pieces that I have in the shop already and decided to make a couple of occasional tables using leftovers. The top shown is made from lots of shorts ( and I mean 3 inches by 3/4 inches). The base was some mahogany (or mahogany family) that was just barely long enough to make the legs. Unfortunately, even though it looked good on paper, the legs are too clunky for the table size. Fortunately, I used hide glue and could take the thing back apart to taper the legs. However, after a major uh-oh I usually do better to wait a day before jumping back into it. I'll post the rest later in the process.