I received a bonus at my job which happened to be aligned with my desire and budget for a table saw. Previous projects using a circular saw, and the lack of precision that resulted, made me yearn for this. Now having a garage, I had the space.

As a first project to get used to the table saw I decided to make a matching night stand to our existing bedroom furniture, which was originally designed for a twin bed and not a double bed (i.e., there was only one night stand). Not knowing much about the type of wood the original was made of, and having a bunch of 1" x 6" pine board available I embarked on a project of making an exact duplicate of the original.

The final result is impressively similar in construction, but the differences in wood and the wood dimensions makes the overall match a little bit of a stretch. They match if you only look at one of them at a time.