Popular Post mkrusen Posted August 11, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Here is the outdoor farmhouse table I made for my father and step-mother. They live on a horse farm in Pennsylvania and this sits in a covered porch overlooking the back pastures. Perfect location for it. Western red cedar, 108" long by 44" wide. Comfortably seats 8, could probably squeeze in 12 if you were desperate and really liked the people you're eating with. Here's the rough lumber. Legs and rails milled. Gotta love the Domino for a project like this. I had a rapidly approaching deadline and the Domino saved my bacon. Table top assembled and then finished. I had one really dark board and it was perfect for the breadboards. All done. My wife is my finishing partner. (Insert joke here). Time for a 500 mile drive with a 9' table hanging out the bed of my truck. Should've gotten a picture of that. And here are some pictures of the table in place at the farm. You'll all get a kick out of this. So about a month after I delivered the table, my dad called me freaking out. Apparently my stepmom had told him that morning that she and her friend were planning later that day to strip the table and white-wash/distress it... I about sh** my pants. Love her to death, but she's a perfect example of the crappy current home decor trends. Their house is gorgeous but it looks like it came out of an HGTV show and Crate & Barrel catalog. I called her and told her "Don't you dare." I said if she wanted that kind of thing then I'd build her a new one with 2x4's and nails and take back the cedar one for myself. Fortunately, my dad put his foot down and the table remains the way it was meant to be. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Great job the table looks amazing! I really like the breadboard ends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Wright Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Table looks very nice..You done a nice thing for them and I bet your dad loves the table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 That table fits that space perfectly! Super nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Beautifully done and a perfect setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Beautiful piece of furniture ! Wonderful story and kudos for standing up against trendy crap. Trendy is for easily reversible decorations, wall paint, curtains,towels etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 That is a beautiful table and looks great in that room. Thank goodness your dad stopped the destruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Well done. Beautiful. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwk5017 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Table looks great. Question about the domino usage. One, do you have the 500 or 700? Hopefully the 500, because that is most applicable to my question... I assume you used the 10mm tenon stock, but did you feel like this was big enough and deep enough? The depth is what usually concerns me on the 500 with thick timber construction such as this table. Interested in how applicable the 500 is for larger pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 I have double stacked 8mm dominos in 8/4 stock and gotten great strength in a 5" wide joint using 4 tenons (2 rows X 2 high) roughly 8 mm apart vertically. I think if you go over 2 1/4 - 2 1/2" thick stock 10 mm dominos would be plenty strong double stacked. In really soft woods you might wish for a deeper mortice but 1 3/32 (28mm) is plenty in most hardwoods . pic from my "Huge mahogany coffee table " Project Journal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrusen Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 41 minutes ago, Pwk5017 said: Table looks great. Question about the domino usage. One, do you have the 500 or 700? Hopefully the 500, because that is most applicable to my question... I assume you used the 10mm tenon stock, but did you feel like this was big enough and deep enough? The depth is what usually concerns me on the 500 with thick timber construction such as this table. Interested in how applicable the 500 is for larger pieces. Yes I used the 500. Steve's suggestion is a very good one. I did two 10mm dominos side by side, but did not double stack. Probably should have, but I'm not too worried about it. That table design has a lot of strength with all the cross bracing and it felt very solid during the dry assembly. I think this is a good example of where the function of the piece can dictate the design and build process. All of the kids are out of the house. I'm 25 and my two step-siblings are in college. The table will typically seat just my dad and stepmom or the occasional friends over for dinner. Holiday get togethers once in a while is the most abuse it'll take so I feel confident it will hold up fine with the single stacked dominos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Well done sir. The table looks good in its home. I can't believe your stepmom doesn't like the look of it as is...you know, all rustic and trendy. Anyway, good on your pops for slappin' her sideways. Oh, and nice bench. Where's the rest of it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Stepmom may not be done with your table..Keep an eye on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrusen Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 25 minutes ago, Eric. said: Well done sir. The table looks good in its home. I can't believe your stepmom doesn't like the look of it as is...you know, all rustic and trendy. Anyway, good on your pops for slappin' her sideways. Oh, and nice bench. Where's the rest of it? Thanks! Haha yeah I built this table for Mother's Day 2015. I was working my Roubo then and my dad requested the table about a month before mother's day. My lumberyard had to ship in the cedar so by the time I got it I only had about two weeks to build. Fortunately, I had the the top slabs done and the tail vise installed so at least I got to use that. Finished the Roubo last May. Here are a few pics. 15 minutes ago, mat60 said: Stepmom may not be done with your table..Keep an eye on it. Yeah my dad has ensured me that if she tries to mess with the table then it will be given back to me and she can buy one from Pottery Barn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Nice bench. @Eric. what do you think of the spalted maple on the bottom shelf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Looks like ambrosia maple to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 6 minutes ago, wdwerker said: Looks like ambrosia maple to me. I know. I was trying to get E's blood boiling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrusen Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 40 minutes ago, Mike. said: Nice bench. @Eric. what do you think of the spalted maple on the bottom shelf? Funny story there. I had gone to the lumberyard to grab a single board of spalted maple for a specific project. A worker there saw me and said "I have a big bundle of that back in the racks if you want a much better price." I went to look and it was all ambrosia maple. I shook my head a bit and then bought both the spalted maple board and the bundle of ambrosia. The ambrosia bundle was all S4S at a solid 1", all 8' long, and some 10"+ wide boards. About 60bf for $95. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Mike. said: I know. I was trying to get E's blood boiling Yeah but I know you know the difference so it doesn't work. It does irritate me though, and it's rampant. Pet peeve. One of many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Grondin Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 7 hours ago, mkrusen said: Here is the outdoor farmhouse table I made for my father and step-mother. They live on a horse farm in Pennsylvania and this sits in a covered porch overlooking the back pastures. Perfect location for it. Western red cedar, 108" long by 44" wide. Comfortably seats 8, could probably squeeze in 12 if you were desperate and really liked the people you're eating with. Here's the rough lumber. What part of PA! I'm in PA also. Table looks great! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrusen Posted August 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Ryan Grondin said: What part of PA! I'm in PA also. Table looks great! Nice job! They're just outside Mechanicsburg. About 25 minutes from York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prov163 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Really nice job! I like the stretchers and breadboard ends. I also like that the finish is a subdued. That table looks inviting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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