Farmhouse / Harvest Table
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Topic: Farmhouse / Harvest Table
Posted By: Okie Boarder
Subject: Farmhouse / Harvest Table
Date Posted: August-04-2015 at 11:07am
For our new house, my wife really wants a farmhouse / harvest table. I know we have some great wood workers on here. Have any of you built one? Have any suggestions or plans? She really wants true reclaimed wood, at least for the top. It looks like we've found a pretty cool source here locally that sells the oak planks out of truck trailers.
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/mat/5134872413.html
We feel like that would work well for the top. Our oldest is in his second year of wood shop, so this could potentially become his project for the year that he could enter in the annual competition. We are a little limited at the moment for tools, but have most of the typical hand tools and portable power tools.
Anyhow, thoughts and ideas would be much appreciated.
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Posted By: BuffaloBFN
Date Posted: August-06-2015 at 9:51am
Pete posted his nice work on a similar project recently.
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Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: August-06-2015 at 2:12pm
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I'll have to search for that. Thanks!
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Posted By: juniorwoody
Date Posted: August-06-2015 at 2:26pm
Have you tried looking at the projects on Anna White. I think you may find a harvest table there and a good starter project for your son. Could perhaps substitute lumber of your choice.
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Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: August-06-2015 at 4:08pm
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Nope...I'll look there, too.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-09-2015 at 8:42pm
Andy,
http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9512&KW=table&PID=472395&title=woodworking-show-and-tell#472395" rel="nofollow - The pictures are towards the end of "woodworkin show and tell" Since I took the pictures, I have applied 4 coats of tung oil and that gave it a slight red/orange glow.
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Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: August-10-2015 at 1:24pm
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Awesome, thanks! How did you join the wood for the top?
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-10-2015 at 8:49pm
Andy,
The top is all biscuits. The field boards edge to edge and then the field boards ends to the boarder. All with polyurethane glue.
I did purchase the extension slides for the leaves.
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Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: August-12-2015 at 6:05pm
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OK. Our son talked to his wood shop teacher already and the teacher is good with him doing it at school and it being entered in the competition. My wife has a few designs picked out that she likes and she's going to give them to him, so he can choose which one he goes with.
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Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: August-25-2015 at 5:02pm
We're leaning towards getting the truck trailer wood. I would think with a light planing or sanding on all 4 sides, we would get a nice look with lots of character. Thoughts? Take a look at the link and a couple project pictures they show.
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/mat/5134872413.html" rel="nofollow - CL ad with wood
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Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: September-29-2015 at 7:40pm
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The project is set and our son is planning it out. He has picked a design out of the ideas my wife likes. He is planning to do the top with the truck trailer wood, edged with a full picture frame look of another wood...he is leaning towards cherry or maybe an exotic. He's planning to have the corners of the top mitre cut at 45* to surround the middle boards. We're looking forward to seeing how it turns out...should be a great project for him. We'll probably be getting the reclaimed wood soon, and the rest will be ordered through his wood shop teacher.
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