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Walnut - cme4dk - 10-06-2021

I am considering making a dining room table out of walnut.  Is walnut hard enough to be used as a table?  

jay


RE: Walnut - dav - 10-06-2021

IMO, yes and Walnut looks great. It's not as hard as Ash, Oak, Sugar Maple and some others. If you're looking for something that is totally resistant to dings, even those hard woods will ding if they are hit with a hard object and with the necessary force.


RE: Walnut - humanrace - 10-06-2021

My walnut dining table was made in 1958.  Still looks great.


RE: Walnut - fredhargis - 10-07-2021

Worry not, walnut makes a fine dining table. (IMHO, of course)


RE: Walnut - shoottmx - 10-07-2021

Ours is walut, made many years ago by LOML's uncle, looks fantastic in our dining room.

g


RE: Walnut - toolmiser - 10-07-2021

That is the only wood our High School shop classes used in the 70's. I wouldn't hesitate for a second to use it.


RE: Walnut - jteneyck - 10-08-2021

It's harder than mahogany and they've made tables out of that for hundreds of years.  Here's a list of the Janke hardness scale.

John