Anyone enjoy woodworking?

[dbl]

We found the lumber for our farm house table at a garage sale was stacked on the side of his house for 4 years asked what he was doing with it said take it. All 3 inch red oak

Score!!! Looks great.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Nice looking @dbl. Curious as to how you attached the beadboard ends with dowels, but still allowed wood movement from moisture changes. The small beadboard coffee table I made (years ago) swells and shrinks a good 1/4 inch throughout the year.



Here's the one end of the beadboard showing the difference better the bead and body of the table.



What I did to allow all this movement was use screws in slotted holes. This way the swelling and shrinking doesn't rip apart the tabletop. These are actually the slots holding the tabletop, but the same are in the end piece in the tongues of the tabletop.



This thread has raised too many memories for me. Here's the story about this table.... My grandfather played semipro baseball and turned his own bats. When he passed, my father and I were cleaning out the house and came across a pile of bat blanks (that I believe were ash). The legs of this table are made with those pieces of wood.....a memory of my grandfather!

 

[xaflatoonx]

Since I have some pictures of it, here is my latest project. It's a farmhouse dining table with breadboard ends. Nothing fancy design or wood wise. I'm using this as a prototype. I decided to use dowel joinery so not a screw in the thing, other than the table top fasteners. Now comes the fun part...sanding and staining.

how did you attach the ends to the middle planks... i see the nails - but is there somehting UNDER the table that keeps it stable and you nail them to?

 

[dbl]

Nice looking @dbl. Curious as to how you attached the beadboard ends with dowels, but still allowed wood movement from moisture changes.

Paul @redfishbluefish - The breadboard ends are actually attached using dominoes. I actually hand made my dominoes for this project. There are six dominoes on each end. All six are glued in to the table top itself. Only the two center ones are then actually glued to the BB end. The other four (outer two on each side) are not glued.

On those four outer dominoes, the holes for the dowels are bored out (similar to the ones in your last picture above) to allow the dowels to move with the table. They are also drilled slightly offset (towards the table) so when I put the dowels in, it "pinched" the BB to the table top. So from the center out, the BB is not actually glued to the table top. I did put a dab of glue on the outer dowels, but just before they were fully set - it's just to keep the dowel in place, but no glue hits the actual domino. This allows the table top to expand/contract as needed without ripping the whole thing apart.

Hopefully that makes sense.

 

[dbl]

how did you attach the ends to the middle planks... i see the nails - but is there somehting UNDER the table that keeps it stable and you nail them to?

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, but I may have answered your question above in my response to @redfishbluefish. There are no nails in this table. The only thing under the table is table top fasteners. They are screwed to the table top itself. There are grooves cut in the legs (I used by biscuit cutter) that the fasteners attach to. This too allows movement of the table top for expansion/contraction of the wood.

 

[dbl]

One note I thought I would mention, and it may be what @xaflatoonx was asking now that I think about it. On the next one I build, I will build the base longer so the cross member is right under the connection point of the table top and BB end. It would provide some additional support for the BB ends. Just as it is now, it would not be glued/screwed/nailed to the leg, because that would prevent it from being able to move with the wood. I'll have to take a picture of the top fasteners I used so better describe what I'm talking about for those not familiar.

But having said this, the joint in this table is really pretty solid. I'm not saying it can hold all of my weight (I"m an overweight middle aged wanna-be woodworker) but I can sure put a lot of my weight on it and it doesn't budge. It can be lifted (and it's not light) by the BB ends without concern. However, I will still make the change described above on the next one.

 

[xaflatoonx]

thanks dbl - that makes perfect sense.

 

[redfishbluefish]

We found the lumber for our farm house table at a garage sale was stacked on the side of his house for 4 years asked what he was doing with it said take it. All 3 inch red oak

Yet another project that sparks a past memory. And @clk51212 I really like that rustic red oak table....very nice....and the price of the wood was great!

Anyway, we also re-purposed two treadle sewing machine bases. When wood cutting boards fell out of favor, and having these two treadle bases collecting dust in our garage..... we now have two end tables.....still in use today.

 

[themcnertney]

Here is a shelf and some planters that I made. I have a couple other shelves I made, but will have to dig those pics up.

 

[kschweer]

Yet another project that sparks a past memory. And @clk51212 I really like that rustic red oak table....very nice....and the price of the wood was great!

Anyway, we also re-purposed two treadle sewing machine bases. When wood cutting boards fell out of favor, and having these two treadle bases collecting dust in our garage..... we now have two end tables.....still in use today.

Awesome tables! I always wanted to make something with a sewing machine base.

 

[kschweer]

Here is a shelf and some planters that I made. I have a couple other shelves I made, but will have to dig those pics up.

Very cool. I need to make some shelves for another room and I may steal some ideas.

 

[themcnertney]

Here is a bed that I made from shipping skids...

 

[themcnertney]

Here you can see the shelves I made left and right of the fire place.

 

[themcnertney]

Here I am installing some barn door hardware. The doors will come later, stay tuned...

 

[kschweer]

Here is a bed that I made from shipping skids...

Here you can see the shelves I made left and right of the fire place.

Nice work! Did you make the lights in the second photos as well? I really like the idea. I’m looking to add a light above the tv eventually and I’m liking that style. I think it would go well with everything.

 

[themcnertney]

Nice work! Did you make the lights in the second photos as well? I really like the idea. I’m looking to add a light above the tv eventually and I’m liking that style. I think it would go well with everything.

Thanks. I bought 1" gas pipe, some elbows and some flanges from lowes. The light fixtures, cages and bulbs came from amazon. Wrapped the lights around the pipe and wallah. They are plugged into smart outlets and can be controlled by Alexa.

 

[rayn]

At the moment mine is more utilitarian then for fun. But redoing the cedar shingles on my house and redoing the original 100+ old windows.

 

[don_chuwish]

Over 30 years ago when a church removed a black walnut tree my father had some of it rough milled to stock. Part of it got used by a pro to make a beautiful grandfather clock. But the leftovers just sat in a stack in the shop. I used some:

 

[don_chuwish]

Then there was the need for a loft ladder and bookshelves for my daughter's bedroom (the mess is on her):

 

[kschweer]

At the moment mine is more utilitarian then for fun. But redoing the cedar shingles on my house and redoing the original 100+ old windows.

Great work. I love old houses.