Patio dining table

Nice design, well executed.

Welcome to LumberJocks.

Keep up the good work.

Be Careful!

Herb

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Looks too nice to keep outside! Well done and welcome to LJ.

-- "hold fast to that which is good"

very nice work and design as well. congrats…

-- timber715 - Manila, Philippines

Welcome to LJ.

Beautiful table.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Beautiful …what finish is on it ?

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

NICE! Really like the breadboard ends.

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

Very nice. Almost too pretty to go outdoors… but what an enhancement to the outdoor life!

You are lucky to have that kind of lumber !
love the design and craftsmanship.

kiefer

-- Kiefer 松

Nice job! That’s how I got started with woodworking. My wife found that ana-white site also & wanted to build a coffee & now I am addicted to woodworking! Welcome to lumberjocks!

Thanks for the comments and the nice welcome, everyone. This is a great community.

@Dusty, the stain is Cabot’s Australian Timber Oil in Mahogany Flame. Credit goes to my wife for the finish. I dislike painting in all of its forms, so she takes over after the build to spruce things up.

-- Dylan, Half Moon Bay, CA

This would look great on my deck. It looks like all 2×6 contruction, is that correct?

actually the breadboard ends look like they could be 2×8 – hopefully the OP will come back :-)

Thank you : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

You’re correct—it’s 2×6 for the main table and then 2×8 for the breadboards.

Here’s a link to the plan I used: http://ana-white.com/2009/12/plans-farmhouse-table-knock-off-of.html

I followed this pretty close. I preferred to have the long stretcher at the base oriented vertically instead of the horizontal called for in the plan but other than that it’s by the book.

One shortcoming in the plans is the breadboards. You will see in the design that they are not very well supported—a problem compounded by the fact that they are very tempting to lean on when you’re hanging around the table. When I modified this plan for the console table, I took a different approach. I built the full tabletop as a single piece, tying the breadboards to the 2×6s with pocket screws and glue and then screwing that whole thing onto the frame. It feels much stronger. Of course it’s a shorter span so that plays into it too, but in any case if I were doing this one again I’d look for a stronger approach to the breadboards.

-- Dylan, Half Moon Bay, CA

Very nicely done. Did you get any new tools from it?
Arlin

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