Trestle Table Finished

[Jeff]

Finally finished. Made from Lowe's SPF and finished with a gel stain and several coats of Waterlox "Original".

The table is 60" x 42". Twin trestles were used for stability and support of the wide top. The breadboard ends were a first for me: The floating tenons are haunched and pinned to allow for expansion/contraction. The base/apron is attached to the top with "cabinetmaker buttons" conveniently made from leftover T&G oak flooring (the groove was a good starting point for the button rabbets). The profiles for the feet and stretchers were shaped with homemade MDF templates and a hand held router. Lots of new challenges and experiments (read: my mistakes have become design elements after the fact). I had plenty of firewood and didn't need to make more!
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[CrealBilly]

ooo ahhh

 

[Hill]

Very nice

 

[Mike Davis]

Nice parking space for your truck. Did you make a ramp too?

Really it looks plenty sturdy. :icon_thum

 

[ptt49er]

Pretty table! I imagine it'll handle all the table top dancing you can throw at it :-D

 

[red]

That is a very nice looking table. Great job. What time is dinner?

Red

 

[dpsnyder]

nice looking table! always nice to learn new techniques, even if the design changes because of it :gar-La;

Dan

 

[Mt. Gomer]

What a great table!!! Nice job!

 

[Ken Massingale]

Beautiful, hard to believe it's Lowes Pine. Well done Jeff.

 

[CrealBilly]

Beautiful, hard to believe it's Lowes Pine. Well done Jeff.

SPF could be Spruce, Pine or Fir :gar-La;

 

[Ken Massingale]

SPF could be Spruce, Pine or Fir :gar-La;

Among several other things, bad boy! :gar-La;

 

[Trent Mason]

That is beautiful! NICE work! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[LeftyTom]

ooo ahhh

+100 :icon_thum

 

[MrAudio815]

ooo ahhh

I agree, That is very Nice~!

Beautiful Work~!

 

[Jeff]

Thanks to all of you for your tips, advice, and guidance.

McRabbet suggested the "cabinetmaker buttons" to fasten the base/apron to the table top. A pretty nifty idea that added a professional touch in place of metal Z-clips. :icon_thum

Dan/Dave/Kelly/Keppler? A useful shop jig to hold the table top ends flat during glue-up. Basically 2 pieces of 2x4 linked with threaded rod to form a set of jaws. Also nifty and useful. :icon_thum

If you don't experiment then you won't learn. But that experience makes you better and more resourceful in your next attempt.

I tend to overbuild things, but that's just me. This table will hold a 400lb barbecued pig without a shimmy! :icon_cheers

 

[scsmith42]

I tend to overbuild things, but that's just me. This table will hold a 400lb barbecued pig without a shimmy! :icon_cheers

Re "overbuilding".... my kind of guy! RE the pig, when do we test it out??? :gar-La;

 

[PChristy]

Jeff that is one nice table :eusa_clap Great job

 

[CrealBilly]

I really like this table - I keep coming back for a look

 

[FredP]

excellent table jeff.:icon_thum pine has a beauty all it's own.

 

[AmishWarlord]

Looks great!