Making a 10 seater Oak Dining Table

if you like joinery engineering  Woodworking and an Australian   accent that you may not be able to  understand you're in the right place the giant three meter dining table I'm going  to make in this video is a perfect example   of how engineering is a huge part of Furniture  Design I mean look at the angle of those legs   this table should technically collapse under its  own weight but thanks to some fancy joinery this   table could also be used as a dance floor  seriously now I did make a major mistake   with this original design and I wish I could  tell you that this mistake was catastrophic   and that it almost ruined everything at the  last minute and you should wait to the end   of the video to find out as this all makes for  Effective storytelling but unfortunately this   mistake although major was a super easy fix and  it actually made the table look better too but in   all honesty this was a really interesting lesson  in design I'm still going to make you wait to the   end though but have a look at this picture  and let me know if you can spot the problem a big thank you to Britain Timbers for supplying  the White Oak for this dining table if you'd like   to know more about different Timber species  as well as other products be sure to check   out their website like with all woodworking  projects we begin with the Milling phase this   is where you take big boards make them smaller  just to turn them into big boards again now I   think for a lot of people this is a boring  stage and I agree to a certain extent it is   repetitive but there is a level of excitement  as you begin preparing the material for what's   about to become your next creation board selection  is one of the most vital parts to any build and   this is the part where you can really give some  personality to your material you can creatively   move grain around by putting one board in  this place and another board in that place   this is why you can have a bunch of different  makers that build the exact same piece and even   though it's the same design each one will look  different due to the Grain and board selection   so you just saw me glue up the angled legs of  the table and these legs aren't only angled   from the table top to the floor they're also  tapered and this taper will add more appeal   to the leg design I didn't include the tapers  in my first iteration and notice that their   legs not only look too bulky but it made the  table look static which sounds silly because   this is a bloody big table and you'll see  once it's complete that there is a level   of movement and weightlessness to this giant  three meter by one meter oak table [Music] foreign now I'm using some leftover particle  board to create a sled for my thickness planar   and this sled will allow me to add the  necessary taper to the legs this sled   is a fairly common type of jig used when it  comes to planer jigs the only thing I'll say   is it is important to have the work piece fully  supported especially at the ends as your planer   adds a ton of downward pressure and unsupported  areas could result in an uneven surface or allow   the board to move up and snap back down  potentially resulting in injury [Music]   now if you've seen my videos before you will  notice my workshop looks a little different   and that's because we're looking into the past  I built this table back in 2020 when I'd redone   my workshop to this gray monotone workspace  I thought it would look cool but I was wrong   anyone that owns a shop knows that it evolves  over time and if you're as pedantic as I am then   when it changes it changes dramatically but I do  have to say there are a few cool ideas some that   you might be able to use for your own Workshop so  keep watching and let me know what parts you like one of the things I love most about being a  Furniture maker is being able to design the   pieces I make for clients these days I have  enough of a back catalog of work that when a   client comes to me they can trust that they  are going to get a unique piece and yes each   piece that you see on my website or Instagram  is a one-off meaning there's only one of those   in the world and each one has been designed  specifically for my client to their design   brief I've actually just released a video on  my patreon of how I Design Furniture as well   as the main design practices I follow  this video is perfect if you're wanting   to get better at design as it will give an  insight into design processes and principles   the video also goes through how I came up with  the design for the table you see me making now I do have to admit that I tend to get carried  away when I design pieces generally speaking   I like to design things that I haven't seen  or made before which does present issues as   a lot of times I finalize the design get super  excited about it then ask myself the question   how the hell am I going to build this now  this might seem a little backwards to some   but in all honesty this is my secret sauce to  getting better at designing and building but   it can sometimes catch me out like it did in this  design but first I'll explain what's going on here   I've now cut angles to the tapered angled legs  that's kind of confusing but once again all the   design choices to these legs help to add  to the weightlessness to this giant table   what you're seeing me do now is actually the  most important piece of joinery in this entire   build in fact this is where engineering meets  woodworking this cross halving joint is not   only going to attach the legs to the bottom rail  but it's also going to lock the legs into a fixed   position which is incredibly important in this  design as the weight of the massive and heavy   oak table top combined with the Steep angle of  the legs would collapse under its own weight   now needless to say this joint needs to be cut  perfectly otherwise it's essentially useless and   anyone that's done one of these joints knows a  perfect fit isn't always the easiest thing to   do let alone when the joint is on an angle and  a taper meaning the inside face of the leg and   rail is at a 14 degree angle and the outside face  of the leg and rail is at a 16 degree angle oh I will admit that these days I don't use hand  tools as much as I'd like I find myself looking   for other methods using my Machinery to cut  joinery but to be fair the accuracy of my   machines are pretty amazing and the reality is  they're faster most of the time now I say it   most of the time because in the time it takes to  make or set up a jig you could probably achieve   the same result with a hand tool but I would like  to get back to more hand tool work although the   current workbench I have just isn't cutting it for  me lately so stay tuned as the video after my next   video will be a custom rubo style workbench except  I'm going to make some serious modifications to it   to help turn the classic rubo into a more modern  day bench so if you're interested in seeing this   video and more videos from me here on YouTube I  would love it if you considered subscribing I've   said it before but I still can't believe so many  of you watch my videos and it's actually thanks to   your viewership as well as my patreon account  that it has allowed me to focus more time on   videos which is something I absolutely love doing  and hopefully something you love watching now I'm   sure you know the drill by now but my patreon has  a heap of extra long and short form videos not to   mention nearly two extra hours of footage from  this very build it's also a great way to support   these YouTube videos as I'm currently trying  not to take on sponsors so if you're interested   in woodworking content that no one else is  doing on YouTube check out the link below [Music] one of the best tricks to achieving these  angled box joints is to use a Timber block as a   guide the angle on the Block is the same angle  I want the joinery to be and the Chisel simply   follows this Angle now these angled box joints  attach the bottom rail to the leg upright which   is a key visual design feature to this table  but it also serves two purposes the first is   it acts as a stabilizer to the bottom rail and  without this stabilizer the bottom rail could   easily move around under the weight of the table  top its second purpose is to act as a backbone   to the angled legs providing extra support the  whole point of this design was to be as minimal   as possible every single component of this  table relies on one another to work [Music]   now one thing I do find helpful when cutting  this type of joinery is to use my bandsaw to   help remove some of the waste this makes hand  tool work much easier but obviously you never   want to do the Final Cut using a bandsaw as the  blade marks don't leave a fine enough finish for   quality joinery [Music] so I mentioned earlier  I got caught out in this design and the reason   why it basically comes down to the size of  the table top which weighs a lot around about   90 kilograms the intention behind this design  was to have as minimal components as possible   but you may be able to see here that I'm missing  it two vital components the first is that there   isn't enough support for the center of the table  top see the original theory behind this design   was that the legs would securely attach to  the table top and the top would act as its   own rail system which in theory would work for  a much smaller table but a tabletop of this size   needs a support rail otherwise a tabletop  will dip due to its long three meter span   now those of you that are experienced with  building large tables might be thinking that   one Center rail isn't going to support a table  that's as wide as this and you would be correct   that's where some clever engineering comes into  play now unfortunately I don't have any footage   of this but in order to counteract the tabletop  from dipping I purposely milled in a bow into   the boards that make up the table top meaning  that instead of the tabletop sitting flat it   would sit like this then gravity can take over  as well as a few fixings into the center rail   you can actually see right here that  I had some Packers under the boards   during glue up allowing all the bowed  boards to get glued together evenly now thankfully I picked up on this design floor  before I began cutting any wood but unfortunately   the second missing component wouldn't make  itself known until this point during assembly   once I placed the 90 kilogram tabletop on the  legs I noticed something serious I would have   never have picked up on this during the design  phase but due to the weight of the top and the   pressure it put down on the legs and bottom rail  it began it to bend the bottom rail which did put   me into a bit of a panic but once I settled  myself down I came up with a solution that   wasn't only easy but added to the overall look of  the table so it was kind of a win-win situation   the reason why this bottom rail was  bending under pressure is because it   wasn't thick enough to handle the weight  so I simply added another piece of Oak and   angled each end to tie it in with the  rest of the design [Music] [Applause]   like all the table components this piece is  vital in the overall construction of the build   and has a clever hidden secret this is a custom  top plate that will securely hold the legs in   position as well as the leg upright now holding  these components in place is a fairly simple   task but where this top plate really stands  out is about to be shown in this scene here   I'm routing in a rebate on the top of the  plate this rebate will sit inside the oak   tabletop I'm using a template that has been  sized perfectly to suit the rebate on the top   plate and by using my router I'm able to  remove all the necessary material now you   might be asking what is going on here well  the front and back edges of the rebated top   plate sit snugly into a pocket on the table  top while being able to move side to side to   allow the table top to expand and contract but  the reason why I want it to fit snugly in the   front and back is because this top plate which is  attached to the legs is firmly located into place   giving this heavy Oak top and the angled  legs nowhere to move everything is locked   in position while also providing the necessary  movement for expansion and contraction [Music]   this table is a perfect example of just how  intricate Furniture Design can be not just in   an overly complicated piece like this but in  everyday items we use if you remove one leg   from a chair you're going to have a serious  problem as furniture makers and designers we   have certain parameters that we need to  follow in order to achieve a successful   end result but this doesn't mean that your  creativity has to take a back seat when it   comes to form versus function in Furniture  Design form follows function no one is going   to sit in an uncomfortable chair just because  it looks cool thankfully as furniture makers   we have the general rules of form already laid  out for us dining tables have a standard height   so do bench tops and chairs granted there is  some wiggle room but once you know the basic   structure and measurements needed for your  piece to hit its requirements you can now   invite the creative part of your brain to take  over and really begin to experiment the reason   why I bring this up is because I feel like  a lot of people think it's one or the other   form or function which can stop people from  pushing their creative side because they're   more focused on the function of the piece but in  my opinion Form and Function can work together foreign [Music] because there's no bracing within  the leg structure I've had to insert some length   of Steel angle bars to the underside of the giant  tabletop now this steel will help to minimize any   minor cupping that generally happens with wider  wooden boards but the reality here is it's just a   helping hand it's the prep work that goes into the  material that helps to minimize any major movement   that's having correctly acclimated wood having  an understanding of the environment the piece   is going to live in the correct alternation of  boards adequate airflow around both faces as well   as evenly applying finish to both faces I have  actually seen wide Timber slabs dramatically cup   with steel bracing before and that was because  the material wasn't prepped properly [Music] I have to say that watching this video back  was a real blast from the past seeing how my   workshop used to be set up compared to the way it  is now aesthetically but also from a production   standpoint I've moved a bunch of machines around  for better workflow and purchased new equipment   to make life a little bit easier looking back  on this footage is a great reminder of what's   been achieved in a short few years and it makes  me excited about what's to come [Music] foreign [Music] foreign

Channel: Pedulla Studio

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Id: Dw59sb2GR_U

Length: 16min 22sec (982 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 30 2023