| Project by Thomas Porter | posted 351 days ago | 554 views | 0 times favorited | 17 comments | ![]() |
This was a project for my sister and her husband. He wanted to build this table for her for Christmas. I have a few thousand board feet of rough-cut oak sitting out back all sticker stacked and so we went to milling and cutting. You’ll notice the apron is dovetailed more than normal. I wanted to show the dovetails instead of doing sliding dovetails or tenons. This meant using lots and lots and lots or very carefully laid out dovetails. Fun, though. It’s final dimension is 10’6×3’7
-- Thomas Porter, Phoenix, AZ, www.thomasporter.com
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17 comments so far
Russel
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posted 351 days ago
That’s quite a table. How did you attach the top?
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Karson
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posted 351 days ago
Great looking table.
Small family? Husband and wife?
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rikkor
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That’s a lot of table. Looks very good.
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Brad_Nailor
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Beautiful! I like the way you wrapped the apron around the legs with dovetails instead of just terminating the apron into the leg. Simple, elegant design. Nice work.
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jockmike2
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Beautiful table, just gorgeous. mike
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MsDebbieP
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funny, karson—Honey please pass the salt.
the table is magnificent. I wish I had the space to have such a grand table. Wouldn’t that be wonderful for family events.
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TreeBones
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posted 351 days ago
Very nice. Did you buy direct from a mill and get a good deal?
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blackcherry
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posted 351 days ago
May the meals on that table be as beautiful…a great heirloom piece… way to go Uncle T… Happy Holidays Blkcherry.
Chip
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Beautiful Thomas. Like looking down a bowling alley lane. Are the chairs to go with it next? Great craftsmanship as always and thanks for sharing it with us.
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mrtrim
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wow exellent table . its a two turkey table for sure
miles125
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Hey thats a two turkey table and a game of backgammon at the same time….Great looking job!
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cajunpen
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I sure would hate to have to wash all of the dishes that will grace that table. Beautiful table.
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SPalm
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Nice. That is one big table.
Interesting dovetail use. Even dovetailed on the inside. Looks cool.
Matching chairs in the future?
How did you attach the legs?
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Thos. Angle
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That is an interesting approach to the apron corners. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. Very unique. Great support for the 4/4 top. I often thought about using 4/4 for a table top and this seems like one of the best methods I’ve seen. Good work.
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CharlieM1958
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Just building a table that big and having it come out flat blows my mind! Impressive!
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mot
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That’s a big table!
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Thomas Porter
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The apron and all the supports are adhered to the bottom of the table with titebond. Each of the legs are attached to the apron via (3) 3/8” lagbolts/washers/lockwwashers.
-- Thomas Porter, Phoenix, AZ, www.thomasporter.com