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I made this Mahogany dining room table for my parent’s place last year Aug. 2011. I was going to make it a bit bigger and more sturdy, but I made some bad cuts on my tapered legs and ended up needing the extra wood ha ha. Started with a 4 Inch thick Mahogany log kind of ha ha and took it down to 4 legs and still had enough wood left over for my wife’s Mahogany bench legs. It was fun getting the 3 inch chop saw to cut them legs out and the table saw also.
Finished it off with early american stain and 5 coats of poly.
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DaveFFMedic
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#1 posted 363 days ago
Wow! Nice work.
sixstring
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#2 posted 363 days ago
Whoa, you ripped and resawed that down with a chopsaw? I’ve been doing similar work on reclaimed doug fir using my wormdrive circular saw, table saw and sometimes a little help from a reciprocating saw (down the middlle)
Makes you want a big bandsaw doesnt it? Good job making it work man. Keep it safe.
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BTimmons
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#3 posted 363 days ago
Are the legs secure enough with only two pocket holes holding them to the apron? That looks like it could be a weak spot over enough time.
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jfreak53
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#4 posted 363 days ago
Yeah it was fun, it was a mix of chopsaw and table saw to get the taper and chop to get down to size. I had to run through a couple time’s each side to get it since I could only get up to 3” ha ha, but it worked in the end.
BTimmons:
Should be :), I’ve glued and screwed and those are 3” screws as well. Every joint on everything I do has glue always so I don’t think it should be a problem. At least I hope not :S ha ha
A Slice of Wood Workshop
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#5 posted 362 days ago
That is really nice.
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Mike
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#6 posted 362 days ago
That’s really nice! Good job. I’m getting ready to make a similar table out of Cherry. I LOVE pocket hole screws, but I’m shying away from them for the Farmers Table. I’m just worrying they’d fail…and they’ll pick Thanksgiving with a huge turkey in the center of the table with my luck! LOL. I’m starting to learn how to be mortise and tennon joints. Once i feel comfortable doing them I’ll build the table. Keep us posted on how those screws hold up…that would sure save a TON of time.
StephenSchaad
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#7 posted 360 days ago
Wow.. I love mahogany. I wish I could get some like that around here! Nice!!
jfreak53
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#8 posted 177 days ago
Table is still living to this day :) no problems as of yet.
@BTimmons, @Mike – Yeah I was worried about it but it’s screwed, glued and I have a 3” screw on the top holding the table top down to the legs from top down. Then of course 3 pockets screws each in the little aprons to the table top and I think 5 or 6 on the long aprons holding the table top down. I was going to put a middle support in here but just haven’t had the time.
Seems to hold though :)
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