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The top is black walnut and all the boards are joined with a continuous sliding dovetail the entire 10' length of the table. No mechanical fasteners or adhesives, in fact I had to use a little bar soap to get them slid together and the first couple of boards took upwards of 2 hours each to slide them together. As the sliding mass got heavier with each additional board they went together easier. I then hand plained the top surface for the old world finish, very little sanding, just good sharp cordless/batteryless tools. The 6 legs are solid steel 1 1/2" square bar stock that are hand forged down to less then 3/4" at the bottom. The skirt material was given the same hand forged treatment to show the beauty of the metalsmiths talent with the hammer. The top, legs and skirt were then attached to a steel subframe that I welded up and truly the only mechanical fasteners are holding the top to the subframe. The top was treated to a pure tung oil finish and the steel was hand sealed and burnished with carnuba wax. The sliding dovetail used in this manor will soon be legally trademarked by me.

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I dont have the patience for that. I had wood shop for five years through junior/senior high and I think I would blow a gasket on something like that
 
polara71 said:
Its not Oak..........looks like Walnut, more precisely Black walnut
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Black walnut crossed my thoughts too. I think all the light areas are throwing me off. Generally the light areas are not appealing to alot of people, like when you see it in cherry, but it looks great in that table. There is a tiger but I have never used it personally.
 
detmatt said:
The top is black walnut and all the boards are joined with a continuous sliding dovetail the entire 10' length of the table. No mechanical fasteners or adhesives, in fact I had to use a little bar soap to get them slid together and the first couple of boards took upwards of 2 hours each to slide them together. As the sliding mass got heavier with each additional board they went together easier. I then hand plained the top surface for the old world finish, very little sanding, just good sharp cordless/batteryless tools. The 6 legs are solid steel 1 1/2" square bar stock that are hand forged down to less then 3/4" at the bottom. The skirt material was given the same hand forged treatment to show the beauty of the metalsmiths talent with the hammer. The top, legs and skirt were then attached to a steel subframe that I welded up and truly the only mechanical fasteners are holding the top to the subframe. The top was treated to a pure tung oil finish and the steel was hand sealed and burnished with carnuba wax. The sliding dovetail used in this manor will soon be legally trademarked by me.
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Nice! You're in a whole other class to me. I'm a hobbist you're a craftman.:yourock:
 
I did some red oak projects in my house. Put in a few wall extensions and wrapped them in red oak. Same with windows, door frames, baseboards, a ton of trim. $$$ adds up quick. Luckily, I measured twice and didn't f*ck anything up and didn't waste any wood. I also done some of the floors in 3/4"x2 1/4" red oak. Got a deal on #1 select from Lumber Liquidators. Real nice boards.
 
The walnut cost about $500 in its rough sawn form. I had my supplier pass one side over there big surfacing machine and I took it from there.
 
You should make a woody wagon your next resto project.
 
I would actually love to make a custom mahogany power boat in the vintage style with some Mopar design ques.
 
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