first coat of finish on the top side. added a few more little spots of turquoise yesterday, mixed a paste of dust and poly, then scraped it into small cracks and holes. ended up with 34 total areas with turquoise accents. a sampling:

I like the look of that!

I work with pine a lot. It's perfect for that kind of thing. I will need to try that at some point.

got the table delivered and assembled yesterday, they love it. next: pair of matching benches. final dimensions, 91-1/2" long, 40" wide, 30" tall.

there is 81-1/2" between legs on the sides, so i'll shoot for making the benches about 77-1/2" long, so you can tuck them under without too much banging of the legs.

That looks great Doug. Goes nice with that chair too.

Lovely

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

That looks great Doug. Goes nice with that chair too.

that's a chair they already had. advised them that our local ReStore place has an entire wall of chairs, pick 2 you like, and done. i don't make chairs, too complicated. benches yes.

56 minutes ago, DAB said:

i don't make chairs, too complicated

I said the same when I built our kitchen table! Bought the chairs.

Related to chair making - I just met Russ Filbeck at the Grizzly event in Springfield MO. He had his ladder back chairs there - would love to take one of his classes on chair making. I did buy his book so I can read up on the history and how-to. Was great to speak with him and also had a hands on opportunity to work on a shaker box and try one of his spokeshaves.

1 hour ago, DAB said:

i don't make chairs, too complicated.

I made the chair. A friend wanted her childhood rocker copied to give to her mother. Only chair I have made.

2 hours ago, DAB said:

i don't make chairs, too complicated.

I've made a couple of rockers and a few child's chairs, that was enough. I don't want to do anymore.

we figured you can easily seat 10 large adults (4 each side, 1 each end), and if they are more slight in build, and you have 4 chairs, then up to 14 adults (5 each side, 2 each end). and if you are talking wiggly kids, then 18 or more easily. imagine the clean up bill!! 18 little kids for a birthday party, cake and ice cream everywhere!! what fun!

Clean up heck I am thinking about the grocery bill. Great build am awaiting the bench build. Will need some long timbers.

Great looking table, nice job!

and today we start on the benches. selected the lumber, rough cut to 80" long (final will be 77"), got the edges squared up and mostly straight, planed down both sides (29/32" final thickness), and got the tops gluing up. wider than final width, plan to trim to 14" wide/deep. and now i can watch some soccer.....

Great workmanship!

I like the figure in the edge board on the left. Red oak?

2 hours ago, Zack said:

I like the figure in the edge board on the left. Red oak?

yes, all red oak.

got the clamps off, scraped off excess glue, trimmed to final length and width, initial sanding at 80 done. need to chamfer corners and edges, and then more sanding at 120. ugh.

also need to make the aprons.

the order of the boards was mostly determined by which ones fit well with others. trying to grain match was secondary.

first apron gluing up, do the other after lunch.

the table apron is 3" deep, the bench apron is 4-1/2", little more strength, as i expect heavy loads on the bench over its life.