Well it’s been a long time since I posted here. Woodworking was put on the back burner for a number of years as my new hobby of beer brewing took its place. Since we moved to a smaller house two years ago, brewing stopped and I spent my time working in the house. Now that all of the major remodeling is complete, I’ve been working on getting my shop back on order. First project was a farmhouse table. I acquired some old planks from a job I was running about 4 years ago. 2-3/4” thick and 9-1/4” wide. They were laid across steel beams as a subfloor for 1x4’s and toe nailed together. Lengths varies from 6 - 11’ long. I used 4 of the shorter ones to make a table 36” wide and 64” long. I made provisions for extensions on the ends to use when necessary. I’ll post more later, but here are some pictures to start.
Well I can't figure out how to rotate the pictures. It may be the way I originally took the picture. If anyone has any tips on posting them not sideways, let me know.
Some more info on the table. The wood is some type of pine / fir. I counted 100 rings on one of them, and the rings were tight. Definitely old growth. The planks were toe nailed together and to get them off the beam, I ran a sawzall between them to cut the nails. I used a nail set to tap out the half with the head on. For the point end of the nail, I chipped away the wood and used end nippers to pull the nail. These were the edges that I glued together, so I didn't worry about how it looked. On the two exposed long edges, I pulled the head end and tapped in the pointed end. If you look at the side pics, can still see them. I used clear epoxy to fill all the voids I created by pulling the nails. Finish was a light wipe with dark walnut Danish oil and then several coats of Minwax satin poly. I sanded between coats and then wiped on the last one. It came out smooth even with all the saw marks. I hit the legs with stain also, but did not use any poly on them since the will not be subject to wear. My son and I weighed the table and it comes in at 225 pounds.
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