Dining Table Build [PREMIUM WALNUT]

hey everybody i'm jason bent and welcome back to the channel in this video i'm going to walk you through how i built this beautiful walnut dining room table anybody that's been following me for a while knows that i i just really don't do any kind of client work anymore and the main reason for that is because i wanted to dedicate all of my time and my efforts on youtube and my other various social media platforms so about six or seven months ago a woman by the name of leah reached out to me and asked if i would be interested in building a dining room table for her made out of walnut because she had watched my last walnut dining room table that i built and she really liked it and was wondering if i would be willing to do it for her it actually turns out that she is sixth generation hartsell so when i found out that she was one of the hartsell family members i figured hey this is a really good opportunity for me to try and give back to hartsell since they've helped me and my business out so much but as lee and i started to talk i then got really excited about something else which was actually the biggest driving factor for me doing this project in the first place and that was the fact that i could build this table with the hearts of lumber and multiple generations of hartsol family members could sit down at this table and eat a meal and enjoy it and it was built with the lumber that they built their business off of and so for me i just felt like this was a really good opportunity to do that i'm so glad that i did i'm so glad with the way that the table turned out and now i'm going to show you how i did it to start this build off i just did a rough milling on the lumber that i was going to be using for this and what i mean by a rough milling is i just took off enough to allow some airflow to get to it and allow these things to sit for about 48 hours just to see if there was going to be any movement from these pieces after my initial milling and luckily for me after allowing these some time to sit i came back out in the shop and there was minimal movement so i could go ahead and finish the milling process getting these to the final thickness now before i actually went into you know milling any edge or cutting any edges i actually wanted to lay these things out and get a really good idea of the orientation that i was going to use for this tabletop because sometimes that can dictate which side of the board i want to start my milling on with my layout all decided i actually prefer to use my track saw whenever i can on these long boards to get a nice clean edge i just find that i get better results and the reason that i do this is because it can be a little bit more challenging depending on the jointer or planer you have and the amount of infeed and outfeed support you just have a tendency to end up wasting a little bit more material by doing it that way so i just find this a lot easier and then once i get that first clean edge then i can move over to my table saw and cut it to its final width the next step was to actually glue up the table top itself and to do this i just use a series of parallel clamps after gluing each one of the ends together i did not use any sort of alignment aids such as a biscuit or a domino i did however use clamping calls to help ensure the flatness of the tabletop and for those that don't know clamping calls are essentially there to help provide even clamping pressure across a wide surface i let the table top dry overnight and then came out the next day removed with the calls and the clamps and started to do a quick rough sanding and with that out of the way i then took the opportunity to go ahead and trim my tabletop to its final dimensions again using the track saw for this now on this table i did decide to use c channels now i will openly state that c channels i do not think in any way shape or form are totally necessary and i know that there's a lot of opposing views and opinions on this the way i look at it is it definitely can't hurt to cut these out it's fairly simple and i actually have a youtube video showing this process specifically but for me i just laid out where i wanted each one of these c channels to go and then i used my router with a straight edge to cut each one of the channels for the sides of the c channel and then use the same router with a base to make sure that i could hog out the material so all of the c channels would sit flush to the table surface once i was happy with the locations of the c channels i then took this opportunity to mark where i was going to place each one of the threaded inserts which is what's actually going to hold the c channels to the table with the majority of the work on the top done i then went ahead and moved on to the base once i had all of the pieces cut to their final width i then took everything over to the assembly table because now i needed to make all the cuts on my miter saw and all of the angles on this table are a five degree angle the wide portion of the base will be at the top going down at a five degree angle to a more narrow portion at the bottom once i had all of my base pieces cut i then did a quick mock-up so it would allow me an opportunity to mark all the locations for the dominoes and the primary construction that i'm using for this table base is the festival domino and not only the 500 but i also use the 700 which you will see here momentarily i like using the domino for methods like this because not only does it add a lot of strength to the joint but it also makes the dry fit and assembly process very very quick and easy and then here is where i decided to use the domino 700 because of these long stretchers i wanted to have a little bit more length in my tenon now i don't by any means think this is absolutely necessary i've done this exact same application with the domino 500 but i just figured it'd be a good opportunity to mix the two so after i cut all of my mortise locations with the 700 i then moved on to another dry fit assembly after dry fit it was time to go ahead and actually start gluing the base together and that is when my son decided to call and facetime me from germany hey buddy leo did you ride a did you ride a horsey today wow i'm i'm putting together something buddy once i had everything glued up it was then time to go and clamp everything now the base for this was fairly long and it was outside the capacity of any of my single clamps and that is where these revo parallel clamp extenders that bessie offers come in super handy because it allowed me to take two of my 50 inch parallel clamps and give myself way more capacity and they really worked very well for this application after those had an opportunity to sit in the clams for 24 hours i then came out the next day removed them from the clamps and started working on some of the finished details such as softening the edges after that i did what i do on most of my furniture projects and added some of these recessed leveling feet which i also have a youtube video on this if you're interested in finding out more about it and then finally i will be using z clips to attach the table top to the base on this on the long ends and so i took this opportunity to again use my domino to cut out the holes to accept the z-clips that way i don't have to worry about doing it later with most of the base complete i then put my focus back on the tabletop and the first thing was to go and remove the c channels to prep for the finish work after that i used my edge guide to go ahead and sand all the end grain for the table and this edge guide also does a very good job of rounding over any corners and with that out of the way i then took this eighth inch round over bit and just did a nice soft round over around the entire table and now i'll try to make sanding look sexy didn't work okay let's move on after that i flipped the table over sanded it to my final grit and then took an opportunity to see what this thing was going to look like with some finish on it so with the table finish ready i actually took this opportunity to mark out the locations for my z-clips before applying the finish that way i would have reference later on when i actually assembled this and i wouldn't have to realign anything and to do this i just laid each one of the z clips in place and used an awl to make a small indentation now the finish that i used on this table was a new product to me and it's from target coatings and i used their sealer as well as their conversion varnish and both of these products are water-based i sprayed two coats of sealer and three coats of the conversion varnish after allowing the sealer to dry for about two hours i came out and sanded it with a 220 grit sanding sponge very lightly just to work out any imperfections and once that was complete i cleaned it off with a water and denatured alcohol mix and after that it was ready for another coat and once the sealer was done i followed the exact same steps for the top coat with the exception of i did not sand between the second and third coat because it was so smooth that there was just really no need to do so after letting the finish cure for 24 hours i then came back out and took this opportunity to go ahead and reinstall the c channels and this thing was ready for delivery now for the delivery we actually brought in the top and base and assembled everything in the house in place just because we thought it would be a lot more easy to maneuver and i was even lucky enough to have my good buddy sedge help me with the delivery of this process and you know good help is hard to find but he he makes a pretty good apprentice i guess can i take this back out to the car sir yeah i don't need it anymore okay sir sedge take my tools back out to your car sir yes sir get it warmed up for me too yes sir i'll have the ac perfect for you and now it was time for leah to see her table in person for the first time and based on her reaction i really think she liked it [Laughter] it's so pretty i love it oh my goodness it looks so good we even put your chairs there for you i know you're so sweet i have the two end ones but they're fabrics so we're gonna scotch garden before we let the kids do you like it oh my goodness isn't that so pretty oh way more pretty than what was there oh my gosh so that's going to do it for this video i really hope that you guys enjoyed that build process um again i just think it's really cool that i had the opportunity to do this and hopefully this table with the barcelo walnut will continue to be passed down to further generations of the hartsell family and they'll be able to enjoy this table with their lumber for many years to come if you guys want to find out more information about me and what i do and my other various social media platforms head over to benswoodworking.com as always i appreciate everybody taking the time to watch and until next time get out in the shop try something new and i'll see you in the next video thanks

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Length: 12min 31sec (751 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 10 2021