Mission Dining Table in Walnut

Great looking table Josh! You should enjoy using that for many years to come – you’ve created a family heirloom.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Did you also do the inlay in the center of the top ? LOL..JK.
Great looking table : )

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

Josh, this is a beautiful looking table. I always love the rich color of Walnut and am a fan of Mission style pieces as well,nice job ! How did You finish the table(any coloring)or just a sealer ? Once again,very well done and be safe !

-- Rob,Gaithersburg,MD,One mans trash is another mans woodshop treasure !!

Impressive table

-- Don, Royersford, PA

Beautiful! I enjoyed the story about your walnut acquisition too.

-- The Dude abides

Very nice and sturdy table plus full blown gorgeous build .

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

gorgeous table – great job!

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Cool! I really like the breadboard ends, has a bit of a shaker style look to it, with a little modern flair.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Great looking table. Glad to see you put the spindles(?) in individual mortises. I built two end tables (they are on LJ somewhere) and did mine that way. I’ve seem videos where folks cut a groove and use spacers between the spindles; that works but I think the individual m&t’s look better.

-- If the world was a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle.

Bullseye! You really nailed this one. I like the choice of wood, it is a beautiful piece.
Can you tell us more about what technique you used on the breadboard ends?
Thanks!

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

Hi Willie,
For the breadboards, I marked where the tongue would be ((thickness of top – 0.5) /2 = depth of cut for saw and router) I defined the shoulders with a circular saw to get a clean square edge, then routed out the waste, flipped the table and repeated. Only about an inch of glue went in the very center of the tongue, the rest was unglued. Marked out the places for the walnut pegs on the breadboards, cut them out, then dry fit the boards and transferred the placement of the pegs to the tongue, then drilled out the holes in the tongue, making the outer two pegs’ corresponding holes about 2 inches long so the thing can slide with seasonal movement, but keeping the center one snug. put the thing on, then cut the pegs flush with a Ryoba saw.

-- "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne"