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The dining room table in our home growing up was built by my dad and two older brothers before I was born. My wife loved it from the first time she saw it so dad and I built one about a year after we got married. That was 18 years ago. My wife’s grandmother lives on the same farm in the same house that her late husband built back in the 60s and loves the table we have. So this summer she mentioned how much she likes the benches we made and always wanted a big farmhouse table to go in the kitchen overlooking the front pasture. Challenge accepted! Got to buy some new toys (Pocket Hole kit). Always love a good excuse to buy new tools. I consider myself a bit of an amateur carpenter (very amateur) and with wood prices being what they are, I called a friend that is the complete opposite of amateur. Professional cabinet maker, he ordered some red oak planks for me with an order of his, saving me about $120 over Lowes. Bench frame: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/3xpC5jzv/635-E3306-135-A-4-DBF-8147-608-D69-DEC5-E6.jpg) Bench completed and sanded (Pine and Birch - not oak): ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/4ymV8pzn/D8-CB2137-330-D-45-A4-A0-BB-24-C5-DCDAE298.jpg) Legs from Highland Manor in NY: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/bwXkTDdN/F09-AC74-B-5512-4-B81-A88-D-75-CEB48-AC8-DE.jpg) Legs bracketed and marked for 1x3 Red Oak apron and pocket holes: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/Bb6cdrGS/A0-A53-CB5-EAD1-4127-8-B92-9-C8157-A40-A8-C.jpg) Apron in place: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/xTNLMyf4/1-BE2581-A-D6-B8-49-AA-A77-C-6502-FDFDC6-A0.jpg) 1x8 Outer Frame mitred and screwed in place: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/XqmFtX8L/DBF024-EC-9-BE4-480-F-A598-EF585-FF1-E96-E.jpg) Inside pieces in place and ready for finish sanding: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/xj4KXF2m/42-A7142-D-092-F-4998-ACA4-D9-B6082-EF44-D.jpg) First coat of Minwax PolyShades Mission Oak is on! Sand with 1000 Grit tomorrow and a 2nd coat should do it! ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/13p6YmN0/F456-A123-FCC3-4-D4-C-9412-209-E573-FEAEF.jpg)
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Yikes!
Would be proud of that!
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Very nice. Looks like a professional built it!
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Thanks Jim. I’m beginning to see why stuff like this is so expensive. The man hours alone is closing in on 50-60. Taking my time so I don’t screw it up bad!
Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan
For why should my freedom be judged by another man's conscience? - 1 Corinthians 10:29
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
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Nice job, you have some wood working talent
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And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
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That looks really good...!
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Great job, especially like the top detail, grandma will be thrilled !
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Put that in my house anytime. Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks all for the compliments. Hopefully Mamaw has a merry Christmas! After tomorrow I’m gonna put the sander down and pick up a brew!
Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan
For why should my freedom be judged by another man's conscience? - 1 Corinthians 10:29
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In the future, please refrain from referring to yourself as an amateur. Very, very nice work!
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Awesome job. Been on my bucket list for a while.
My buddy bought a farm and was going to burn the decrepit barn down. Told me to come get all the lumber I wanted. Now my shop is filled with 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, and 1x6 to 1x12, all true dimensional, 100 year old oak. Goal is to build a farmhouse table and “skip plane” to get it mostly smooth, but still show some of the old saw marks.
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