In this build I finally tackled a little two-tier table I’ve wanted to make for quite some time, and I used honey locust for the first time. I wanted a strong contrasting look, so I paired that honey locust with legs that I dyed a rich, deep black using India ink. Along the way I’m checking moisture content (I’m looking for “well below” and stable numbers), cutting and squaring the parts, and then easing the sharp edges on the legs with a quick touch on the belt sander—just to take the edge off, not round them right over. A big part of this project is accuracy and repeatability, so I show how I lay out and drill the dowel locations so everything lines up, then do a quick dry fit (I sand my dry-fit dowels slightly so they go in and out easily). I also prefinish before glue-up—Osmo on the parts—because if glue squeezes out it’s easy to wipe off without ruining the final finish. For the drawer opening, I demonstrate how I do plunge cuts on the table saw using a smaller 7-1/4" blade for a fine kerf, then I square things up by hand. The end result is a compact but fairly complicated little build that I’d happily make again as a bedside or feature table.