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OT - A farmhouse dining table we built

Davie755
Davie755 Posts: 54
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This is off topic, but too pretty not to share. We built this table using traditional joinery out of 8/4 poplar stock. I would love to hear what you guys think!

XL BGE - Adjustable rig combo, Rutland gasket, 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake
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  • SoCal_Griller
    SoCal_Griller Posts: 516
    Beautiful!  Nice work.
    Simi Valley, California
    LBGE, PBC, Annova, SMOBot
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    edited November 2017
    Oustanding work!  Would like to hear more about the joinery.

    Love the window valances too - very nice touch.

    But the rug really ties the room together. =)  If you know, you'll know.
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  • Gym
    Gym Posts: 366
    Beautiful table/bench. I do some work like this myself. Is someone a photographer? Pics seem too nice for a phone!
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    I think you built a beautiful table.  Kudos brother.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • Davie755
    Davie755 Posts: 54
    Spaightlabs said:
    Oustanding work!  Would like to hear more about the joinery.

    Love the window valances too - very nice touch.

    But the rug really ties the room together. =)  If you know, you'll know.
    Mortise and tenon joinery throughout. The ends on the table top and bench are bread board ends. The base is attached using a half lap joint. Dowels connect the corner pieces. This is a hard one to get rid of!
    XL BGE - Adjustable rig combo, Rutland gasket, 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake
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  • Davie755
    Davie755 Posts: 54
    Gym said:
    Beautiful table/bench. I do some work like this myself. Is someone a photographer? Pics seem too nice for a phone!
    I wish. We trade work with a friend that is a photographer. Photography is a pricey investment. 
    XL BGE - Adjustable rig combo, Rutland gasket, 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    I think you need to build some chairs that are more worthy of that table!
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,641
    Wow!!  Table and photos.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Eggdicted_Dawgfan
    Eggdicted_Dawgfan Posts: 1,909
    That is a beautiful table for sure!
    Snellville, GA


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  • g8golfer
    g8golfer Posts: 1,025
    Wow that’s awesome 
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    Nice take on the classic trestle table and matching bench. Awesome work. 

    Did you allow for expansion on the breadboard ends? Hard to tell from the photos. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • Davie755
    Davie755 Posts: 54
    Skiddymarker said:
    Nice take on the classic trestle table and matching bench. Awesome work. 

    Did you allow for expansion on the breadboard ends? Hard to tell from the photos. 
    We left a pretty small space for expansion. Not a huge gap, but a small enough space to allow for climate changes in a house. 
    XL BGE - Adjustable rig combo, Rutland gasket, 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    You have hit home run right there.. Gorgeous!!!
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,523
    edited November 2017
    Beautiful! Mine kitchen table is super simple. It's a 4×8 sheet of plywood over my kitchen table base. I'm sure glad they make tablecloths! ;) My Dad and I sprayed stain on the actual table top and it started to blotch after spending hours and hours sanding and prepping. It's some crazy wood that doesn't like taking stain. So it's sitting in my parents garage waiting for finish sanding. The over spray the last go around with stain made its way everywhere in my parents garage. I think we might see if we can rent a spray booth this next go around from a friend. Still need to figure out what went wrong. 95% would have called it good. Not my dad. So its back to the drawing board. 

    Great job on your table! I know how much of a project they can be. My wife would be jealous. So I'll make sure she doesn't see this post! =)
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Beautiful. I’m sure you are proud of it. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    Very nice! Obviously this wasn't your first rodeo! Care to share other pictures, even if your photographer friend didn't take them?
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Davie755
    Davie755 Posts: 54
    RRP said:
    Very nice! Obviously this wasn't your first rodeo! Care to share other pictures, even if your photographer friend didn't take them?

    Here is a table we made for a NICU waiting room for a Kansas City hospital. It is joined with a full blind dove tail. I don’t care for the black legs, but it is what they wanted. Side note, the XL Egg now sits where this table is!
    XL BGE - Adjustable rig combo, Rutland gasket, 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    I think you did good....real good!
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,342
    That looks solid enough to use as a workbench, nice job!  
     
    And, full-blind dovetails!  That's one I haven't tried yet.  

    “The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken."

         -  Julia child

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    That's just beautiful!
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
    Tampa Bay, FL
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