The table has left the building.  Today, we loaded the top and base to take it to its new home.  We threw the top on long enough to see what it looks like.  Not too bad.  Tomorrow the bench goes home and I move to the next project.  

10 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said:

  Not too bad. 

You are a master of understating things....look really nice!

SSSWEET!!!!

NICE!

Ron, that really turned out nice man, wholly cow, what a piece of work! You done good, really good, that will be around for a few generations, bar a house fire, it'll out last anyone here for sure. A true inspiration to do what you have done, for our own home. Thank you.

I rounded the top with an 1/8” roundover because that’s what the customer wanted.  I personally feel that the edge is too sharp and would have looked better with a 1/4” roundover. Cest la vie. 

One very large, very impressive table, VERY well done!

Super nice Ron.  Please be sure to get some pics for us after the finish has been applied.

That bench is finished.  The customer is going to buy 3 unfinished chairs to go with it

I could support my truck on that.

Well done Ron. Would love to see the set once they have finished it.

This is definitely a heirloom set.

52 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

I could support my truck on that.

Well done Ron. Would love to see the set once they have finished it.

This is definitely a heirloom set.

The new owner owns a photography studio and I’ve already requested professional pics of the finished product.

Ron, would you mind elaborating what techniques you used to flatten the table top?  did you use spines, biscuits?  did you glue up the entire assy or only two boards at a time?  did you have to use a plan after glue up?  did you use a drum sander after glue up, etc.  thanks in advance.  Danl

Well done Ron! Beautiful table and bench. 

12 hours ago, Danl said:

Ron, would you mind elaborating what techniques you used to flatten the table top?  did you use spines, biscuits?  did you glue up the entire assy or only two boards at a time?  did you have to use a plan after glue up?  did you use a drum sander after glue up, etc.  thanks in advance.  Danl

Dan, the top is made up of 5, 8” boards.  When I planed them to final size, I rotated the planks and reran them through the planer.  I wanted to ensure that the boards were perfectly flat.  I assembled them in 2 pieces, one being 24” wide and the other 16” wide and kept them flat with biscuits.  I cut the two sections to length (exactly the same length) and then assembled those two pieces with biscuits.  The bread board end was the most painstaking part because of the table length.   I didn’t want the ends to bow so I used biscuits for alignment, covered the area with waxed paper and clamped 1/2” plywood across the seams.  I got just a wee bit of sag on one end  (1/32”) but it wasn’t a game changer.  After the clamps came off, I swept both sides with a belt bender and 80 grit paper.  Side comment: I had a friend at church ask me if I was concerned that the ends might crack because of the opposing grain.  Answer..... yep, we’ll see.

 

Hope that answers your question 

Thanks Ron.  Danl

I promised to post a picture of the finished farmhouse table so here it is.

Well, I'm not much for painted wood, but will admit, that turned out very, very nice.

It certainly complements the the space and looks extremely high-end.

Very well done Ron! Thanks for the pictures and follow-up.

Table turned out really nice.

I really like the style of table and bench!!!

Great Job Ron!!!

 

That is a beautiful set Ron, thanks for the follow up!

That is gorgeous.