My wife and bought a house a few years ago and the previous owner left their dining set for us to use. It served us well, but my we wanted a new look for the dining room.
This was my first project using solid wood for everything. Also my first project of any significant scale using solid wood. Being that I am a new home owner and relatively new to the hobby, I don't have a lot of tools. I live in NYC, so naturally I have a very small space. The garage shop is about 18'x8.5'. But beggars cannot be choosers and I am happy to have a space at all to work. The entire project was recorded and edited from my smart phone so please pardon the low quality.
It took me six months of spare nights and weekends. Longest project by far. The table is made of flat sawn 8/4 Red Oak. It is 102" Long x 42" Wide. I used a combination of wedged mortise and tenons, dovetails and dominos for all of the joinery. The breadboard ends were attached via drawbored dowels.
This was my first project using solid wood for everything. Also my first project of any significant scale using solid wood. Being that I am a new home owner and relatively new to the hobby, I don't have a lot of tools. I live in NYC, so naturally I have a very small space. The garage shop is about 18'x8.5'. But beggars cannot be choosers and I am happy to have a space at all to work. The entire project was recorded and edited from my smart phone so please pardon the low quality.
It took me six months of spare nights and weekends. Longest project by far. The table is made of flat sawn 8/4 Red Oak. It is 102" Long x 42" Wide. I used a combination of wedged mortise and tenons, dovetails and dominos for all of the joinery. The breadboard ends were attached via drawbored dowels.
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