Popular Post bleedinblue Posted December 22, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Turned/painted legs, distressed and arguably rustic. It only needs to be red oak and live edge to hit all of the forums pet peeves. This design was my wife's choosing, not mine. I wasn't really enthused with this build at all. I bought the table legs from tablelegs.com. Expensive, but good quality. The base is all maple. It did afford me the opportunity for my very first dovetail in the cross brace. The top is 6/4 cherry finished with semi-gloss ARS. I made a poor choice when rough cutting the tabletop and had to change my plans to attach the breadboard...I was going to use the Domino, but decided they wouldn't be long enough. I instead did large floating tenons, cutting the mortises with the router. Another "oops," I somehow didn't notice the crack in the one board in the top until after rough cutting. I chose to leave it and try my hand at the dutchmen. I had enough stock to replace the board, but I had never done a dutchmen before and wanted to try it. I watched Matt Cremonas video and was pretty confident. They didn't come out perfect, but I think they're pretty good for my first go. Side note...the corner leg/apron braces have holes at the top to attach tabletops to the assembly. I wasn't dumb enough to use them. I wonder how many tabletops end up cracking because people don't know any better and they DO use them? And, my phone takes lousy pictures. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I like it, but then I don't have to sit at it. More important is, does the armed wife like it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Very nice! The dutchman turned out great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Looks good! Hopefully the wife gave you plenty of brownie points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Looks great. That table will give you many years of service. Cherry is my favorite wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Like your table. I like farmhouse tables and yours look good. Bet your wife is happy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Very well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Very nice ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedinblue Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks guys. Whereas I'm not thrilled with the design, I am satisfied I did as much with it as I could. The wife is very happy with it. Special thanks to Eric for digging through a huge pile of 6/4 cherry to find some great stock. He did all the work while I was busy keeping my baby happy. My pictures don't do the cherry justice, as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denette Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I agree with you, bleedinblue - I'm no fan of the general category of farmhouse table designs either. That said, your craftsmanship really shines in the tabletop itself! It seems like something I'd do out of spite - "Oh, you want a crappy design, huh? Well FINE, I'll make it, but add an amazing part that you didn't ask for just to show you what you could have had if you had better taste..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Love the dutchmen, that was a good choice. Looks like the tail of an old-fashioned kite! Well done, sir. Well done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 You done good. I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemenifee Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Very nice. Thanks for sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 I sure like those angles you placed the dutchmen (dutchmans?) at. Turned that crack into a very interesting and attractive feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bleedinblue Posted January 19, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Since making this the wife has hinted...gradually less subtly, that the base needed to be bigger to allow for more room. I had allowed a pretty large offset because I was uncomfortable attaching the base directly onto the breadboard. I couldnt visualize what that would do to movement. I spent a couple afternoons rebuilding the base to spread it out a bit. I should have done this from the beginning. The table seems so much bigger now. This was a down and dirty rebuild because I was on a deadline, but it turned out well enough for a table that gets beat up by a three year old daily. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Blue, to understand correctly, you extended the apron to make it longer? If that’s the case, how did you attach the apron to the legs from the beginning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedinblue Posted January 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, K Cooper said: Blue, to understand correctly, you extended the apron to make it longer? If that’s the case, how did you attach the apron to the legs from the beginning? Yup, I cut out and replaced all of the aprons with longer pieces. The aprons were all attached with dominos originally, so I just cut them out and sanded the faces of the top of the legs flush. That gave me flat and clean surfaces for new dominos for the new, longer aprons. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Great idea and execution! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, K Cooper said: Great idea and execution! What Coop said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Came out great. Happy wife, happy life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedinblue Posted January 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Nothing to it really...I mainly just posted for anyone else who is debating how much overhang to leave on their kitchen/dining tables. The extra chair/leg room is nice, so I won't go so conservative again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Be glad she didn't want to have two leaves in it. Going to work on a table for SWMBO soon...been on her mind for about 5 years. Now that she is retired, I can use the extra hands in ripping, planing, assembling and finishing. I want to put in one leaf at least as we can have as many as eight people at the table. The little kids sit at a card table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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