Woodworking - DIY Farm Table Build - How to Plans!
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2016
- Farm tables are hot right now, don't buy when you can build. Enjoy!
Plans- www.thehomesteadcraftsman.com/...
My MONEY Book- www.amazon.com/How-Make-Money...
I also put together a great list of videos that will be helpful when making your table, enjoy
My book on developing this table- • My First Book - How I ...
Making a 10 Foot Farm Table- • Making a Farm Table
Tapered legs- • Making Farm Table Legs...
Painting and distressing- • How to Paint & Distres...
Making tables fast- • Table Making with Fest...
Wood lathe duplicator- • Homemade Wood lathe Du...
Table saw tenon jig- • Homemade Table Saw Ten...
Scraping a table top- • Cabinet Scraper - Smoo...
Repairing reclaimed lumber- • Repairing Damaged Recl...
Jointing with a track saw- • Jointing & Ripping Lum...
My drum sander- • My Drum Sander & How i...
Wipe on poly- • Wipe on Poly - What is...
Pegged mortise and tenon- • Pegged Mortise and Ten...
Hand hewn look with block plane- • Add a Hand Hewn Look t...
Drill press mortises- • Mortise and Tenon - Dr...
Attaching a table top- • How to Attach a Table Top
This video shows all the details to build a farm table in the traditional sense. At first it may not seem like a DIY level project but I say anyone with basic tool know how can tackle this project. It may not be as easy as screwing some 2X4s together, but with patience and focus you can make this table. You may have to work around certain techniques and substitute them for something easier, but hey...that's what will make your table unique. Let me know if you need any help!
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One of my favorite youtubers. Every time I see a old video of yours, I can't help but click.
That's really beautiful! And I love all your attention to the details! It's what makes the difference between an artisan and a manufacturer.
Omgoodness...You are so talented!! Love your channel so much valuable information !
Great walk-through. I'm always met with a look of confusion when asking about untreated 4x4's at Lowes.
I always love your videos. Great content. I like the primitive, distressed look on anything. I use a lot of reclaimed wood, mostly pallets. I can get large (4'×10')sheet metal pallets with lots of great wood. You have inspired me to upgrade the leg design from just square boxes. I also want to get a mortiser. Keep up the great work.
You are an incredible craftsman! Excellent work!
You do great work.
When I watch your videos I always have Amazon open so I can add tools to my Wishlist. I told my parents to look there when they need gift ideas! I appreciate how easy your videos are to follow. I am just starting to learn how to do more detailed carpentry and these videos are very helpful.
Cool, I have a list of links to amazon in the description of suggested tools and supplies. Thanks.
Very nice.... Loved the distressed.
Love the table
Another good video, I appreciate the walk-through of the steps you take, it helps me to be more mindful of how I organize my own projects.
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This is so calming I could fall asleep. Good video!
Great job.
waw I love it!
Well done. Very professional.
Thank you.
You're very talented 👍⭐🇬🇧
Very Nice. Thanks for sharing
Great video,I really enjoyed it, thanks for sharing
Beautiful work
Thank you
you're good at what you do, fantastic.
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Great step by step video. Beautiful yet "simple" design. I recently got my hands on some 1886 Douglas fur floors and can't wait to get started. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, sounds like some nice lumber.
very nice work. I enjoyed watching this build.
awesome job man
Another great video! Keep up the excellent work!
I like the proud dowels. And that little arch detail on the aprons is a nice touch.
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Great video! I always look forward to seeing your content. And you never disappoint.
Thank you, I've got a lot of videos I'm working on, so more to come.
awesome table and information on how to build a farmhouse table
Thanks man
Beautiful tables. Thank you for the video and the inspiration.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Great design and building process! Thanks for sharing.
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great craftsmanship
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Very nice table! I watch all your video's. Thanks for charing!
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Brillant
Excellent show. Thank you!
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Nice!
Another Great looking project.
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Excellent video!! Already had bought your trestle table plans. they look great. So, yeah, I had to buy these too. If you are reading this and wondering if you should buy them, The answer is yes. Every page is very well authored.
Doug, thank you very much for the positive review. I just checked today's sales so far and saw your name. I really appreciate both of your purchases and glad you are enjoying the plans.
Awesome build. Great tips and a well put together video
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nice table
nice work congratulations
Great video. Thanks
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beautifull
excellent work, as always!
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Excellent video - stumbled across and definitely a new favorite. Great style, both video and work. Keep it up!
Thank you, I've got a bunch in the works right now.
Awesome,Thank you!
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good job, keep it up!
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Very nice!
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Love the look of the tables, would love to see a video on your clamping rack!
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Красава! Отличное видео, отличный стол!
Right back at ya!
Nice project and good work 👍
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Really enjoyed the video. Great job on the video and plans.
Thanks Jeff, I saw that you bought the plans. I'd love to know what you think overall, the look and info. Thanks again.
Lovit it! I didn't mind the crocs .... :)
Really like your vertical clamp rack! That is a neat idea... great looking table too!
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great video !!!
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great video, very informative, I learn a lot thanks
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Great video! Really enjoy your presentation. Appreciate you showing the detail of attaching the top to the apron.
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I didn`t intend to utilize this woodworking website, *TopFineWoodworking. Com* but rather curious about it. I was truly impressed after trying it. I was looking to find out more about the art of woodworking, and was not dissatisfied. I found several topics such as wood types and designing your workshop.
That clamping rack is interesting. I'd love a brief overview of that if you need video material.Great going! Cheers.
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nice work
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Came across this channel at random. Very nice work sir, good job and much respect.
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at long last! been waiting for this one.
Great, thanks for waiting!
Nice job...
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Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Really enjoy the pace and editing. Very nice build!
Happy to take that position. If I may, what aspect of my channel outside of what you mentioned has drawn you and what other channels do you like? Any other feed back is helpful. I'm trying to make a shift towards spending more time making videos and want my viewers input.
The Homestead Craftsman my answer would be best served in an email. I'll send this weekend
Wayne Brown Thank you, I'll keep an eye out for it.
That would be nice to see a build of a simple farmhouse table in the simplist way possible, possibly without using wood that has been ran through a joiner or planer; just regular lumber toj can pick up from lowes. For those that don't yet have that equipment.
What tools do you have? If you go back in the history of The Homestead Craftsman's videos you do see him doing a lot with very little, and as most would has upgraded over time. Let me know what tools you have and let's see if we can get you started.
Nice table. I object to "distressing" the base, but... if it sells so be it. Really like watching you work. :-)
That track saw makes life easy. I have a couple, in different lengths, that I made out of 1/8" ply for my circular saw. The Festool or Makita track saw is next on my new tool list.
Cool, I never made any tracks for my circular saw outside of running it against the straightest board I could find. If price is not your biggest concern, I vote for Festool as the TS 75, the larger saw from festool, has a deeper cut than the other brands and when you need it, it is nice. The same goes for it's power. But with more capacity comes a higher price, it's not cheap. I initially bought the saw with 75 inch track, 118 inch track, clamps and rail connectors and had around $1400 out the door. But I would do it again in a heartbeat now that I know how useful it is to me.
I bet it is worth it for you. My tracks work just fine for cutting off the occasional door or some sheet good that I am cutting down. Nothing too precise though.
I was going to make your Farmhouse table, but now my wife wants one made with black steel pipe for the legs/supports. But I will still have to make the top similar to yours.
Sounds good, the black pipe base will be cool, I've seen them. Send me a photo of what you end up making, I'd love to see it.
this is what I was talking about, good video and using a skew as a scraper it's called a negative rake scraper just an fyi
Cool, thanks.
Great video! Thank you for all the descriptions as well. What brand bandsaw do you have?
great video,
Thank you, I've checked out some of yours as well. Milling videos are one of my top three types of videos to watch.
thanks!!
hey, That top clamping rack is Trick! I'm figuring you probably didn't film it when you built it, but perhaps a short video in the future with come close ups of how its built and anything you might do different if you built another? I noticed you like to do the distressed painted finish, I have one you maybe haven't tried. Its a multi coat paint finish. You put a couple of coats of a paint of a contrasting color to your top coat. Don't use a high contrast like Yellow under black, but more like a dark rust red under black. Then when you sand through the black in areas, The color underneath shows through. I bought an old Windsor back chair at a garage sale for $2. I stripped it hoping to find attractive hardwood under the 10 layers of paint. I did find hardwood, 3 different kinds! the seat looked like oak the legs and most of the spindles looked like beech with barely no visible grain and the bent hoop on the back looked like ash. So i painted it, I did a dark blue underneath and then a green grey over that. When I sanded through the corners and on places where you would see wear on the seat and legs it looked great. then in a few small spots where you would see heavy wear like on the top of the stretcher between the front legs, where a child would use as a foot rest I sanded all the way through to the wood.
I've done a few pieces like that. Historically a lot of furniture has had layered colors for different effects. For windsor chairs it's the same to, painting red under black. For the wood, it's common for them to have white pine seats, oak/ash bends and maple turnings. Each wood picked for it's strengths. It sounds nice though. I've got plans to make a windsor chair soon, my throne of sorts for my house. Feel free to post a photo of your chair to my facebook.
I've admired your tables, especially the leg designs, for quite a while now, and I was surprised to see that you're using dimensional lumber from a big box store. While there's nothing inherently wrong with that, my question is more about the wood's moisture content. I figure that if you'd had a problem with warpage you wouldn't use it, so I won't ask that. I will, on the other hand ask if you are using kiln dried lumber? Do you bring the wood home and dry it or let it acclimate to your shop for a while before you start cutting? Do you do anything special to keep it from warping, twisting, or splitting before you start using it?
I read your reply to another comment about spending more time focussing on videos, and you asked the commenter what draws him to your videos. For me, it's your style. You have a way of being informative without being patronizing, which isn't easy to do. Your style is laid back and informative, and your skills are unquestionable. You appear to be very comfortable and confident in front of the camera - not halting or hesitant. I appreciate the time and effort you put into each video, and each one is a welcome break from the bombast and "look at me" that seems to be creeping into a lot of other channels.
Thank you for everything!
Mark, thank you for the second half of your comment, the feed back is appreciated. I know what you mean about other videos and people talking down to others as well as the look at me aspect. I think people get a little big for there britches over there channels growing instead of keeping it in perspective that no matter how big, it is still a UA-cam channel and that they are just another guy in the shop. I mainly don't like when people phrase things or the general feeling of there videos is that there's one way to do things or there way of living is the right way of living. It's hard to make a perfect video and I'm sure I've been guilty to a degree of certain things too but in short I'm glad my videos come across this way to you. I think Norm Abrams has by far been the best at what your talking about. He takes a somewhat intimidating task and presented it in a very approachable manner, even when it was more complicated. He was also very relatable to the average guy and has a golden personality.
On the first part of your comment, about dimensional lumber. You are correct, moisture is the biggest problem with this type of lumber as it is kiln dried, but more for the heat treatment and just to drop the moisture to a level for construction. As far as stuff I sell, I mainly will only use spruce 2X6 lumber. I go through the stack and pick out all the really light weight boards first of all, as I think are dryer due to them being less dense and will continue to dry faster as well. Optimally I like to get a lot of them to have a stock of them and let them sit around the shop for a while before using them. Sometimes it's only a week, sometimes longer and sometimes I use them immediately. You just have to use your head on which ones you use. You can also check them with a moisture meter. For me, and this is why I focus on my tables, even if the wood checks, etc. After it's made it blends right in with this style table. If I was making something that had to have a nice slick finish, I would not use it. (for the most part) For example, the black painted top in a video I recently posted about scraping table tops, I used kiln dried poplar. It's stable and less likely to have problems. In the end, wood is wood and not 100% predictable. You can have a perfectly dry board form a crack right in the middle of your table top, wood has tension in it and seasonal changes and the homes humidity level all affect it. The short version is......construction grade lumber can turn into a pretzel so you have to be careful and use it appropriately and take precautions. Especially with Yellow Pine. My kitchen island in my house has a base made out of spruce 2X lumber with doors, drawers and shelves and it is perfect, no movement at all. I've also made tops from yellow pine and have them turn out great and others cup bad. It's not the wood, it's the moisture. The biggest reason I use it for my aprons is that it is easy to get, cheap, light weight and strong. Well that should be a big enough reply for ya! Thanks.
Do you have plans for that vertical clamping rack?!? I absolutely NEED one of those in my shop!!!
you have successfully channeled your inner Norm Abrams!
Now that is a solid comment, I think for woodworking videos he by far has done the best job and being relatable and making his projects approachable, even when they were more advanced. Thanks for watching.
What vacuum hose do you have connected to your palm sander? I’m looking for a long flexible one like that
Thats a really Good video! This Does help with my question about glueing a hardwood top instead of using plywood. I think the guy with the sawmill that told me that might have had either moisture issues or the top didn't have any allowance for expansion and contraction. Thats just my guess. I will Definitely give this a try! Thank you for another Awesome video, I really appreciate my question being answered too!
Thanks, good luck with your projects, send me some photos sometime.
Fellow croc wearing woodworker!
Yeah, I think they are a terrible idea for the shop but they are too convenient for going in and out of the house. So I just risk the smashed toe potential.
Same here. So easy to clean
Outstanding. Should you ever want to play around with the curve on the aprons, maybe cut the curve as usual and then chamfer the long part up to the small radius.
I basically do that a bit with the hand plane to knock off the edge but you could give a larger chamfer or round over with a router. Thanks for watching.
you have any video showing how u built ur Clamp rack?
Do you ever have any problems with the table cupping since you aren't using bread board ends?
Hi there - do you sell the legs? - I am looking for 8 farm legs similar to the design you make here? love your vids and the how to make $$$ book is great!
I have a question about the table top overhang from the base. Would it be structurally sound to have the table top overhang the base by about 8 inches on the short sides? I prefer the look of a table with 4 legs, and the chairs to be tucked under on all sides. Thanks. P.S. this table is beautiful!
Do you ever get cupping on the table top?
did you dilute poly with mineral spirits? or use straight
How long (the span) of the 4th customer table shown? It looked like 10 feet, but it is only a guess. Did you have to install a support piece in the middle of the table? Thanks
Hello Sir. I really enjoy your content. I feel it is of such quality that I was driven to purchase your trestle table plans and support you. I've been a woodworker for many years and really like seeing someone of similar mind share quality content so openly and with a humble outlook. I wanted to mention that I would like to purchase the farm table plans as well but currently anywhere on your page that I click the 'buy now' button it just takes me to the trestle table plans again. If you could fix this it would be most appreciated.
Thank you, problem solved.
Looks great. would be awesome to know how you get the finnish of the white tables, they look great
The same as these pretty much. Paint, sand, clear for the base. You can get the white on the top by painting your rough sawn boards then plane them, paint gets left in the saw marks. I also sometimes apply coffee to my white bases to amber it up a little and not be so bright.
Very professional video describing a very professional building process. I remember a while back you mentioned you would be producing a line or two of chairs. Change your mind, or just no time?
Just haven't done it yet, my table orders are strong and keep me as busy as I'd like. I'm actually focusing on pulling back from making furniture for customers for a bit so I can spend some time working on my own projects, things in and out of the shop......which also means making videos of those projects. I'd like to "take off" for about 3-4 months.
Is it possible you have the table building process so defined/refined that you could turn it over to an employee? Or even subcontract it out to a handful of woodworkers with skills but not your entrepreneurial drive? You have enough projects and interests for three or four careers.
CAN'T IMAGINE THE PRICE OF WALNUT WOOD. BET IT'S PRETTY HIGH. GLAD YOU FOUND THIS TREE TO MAKE ALL OF YOUR PROJECT'S.
How do you feel about prices now
nice. dig it, maybe I'll make one. is the oak from lowes too?
No, I have lumber milled from logs, this particular lumber was sawn from a dead standing oak. But lowes does sell oak, it is 3/4 inch thick and very expensive...so it's a little thin. Oak is common in a lot of the country. My suggestion is use something that is easy/inexpensive to get but interesting. At the same time, your going to use your table a long time, so getting a more expensive wood is fine.
Very inspirational! Would you mind sharing what type of black paint you are using for the table base and where you buy it?
It's just flat black wall paint, any brand. I buy it at lowes and home depot.
About the other video you made about not getting into debt. Many go into debt to get a college degree so they can get a high paying job where they don't have to do much work. I think in that case going into debt might be a good thing. Nice table also.
A lot of people get those degrees and don't end up with the job a lot of times. A lot of those high paying jobs also come with extreme overhead, so while they have a lot of money coming in, they have a lot going out. I have a 4 year college degree myself and value my time in school. In the video I said, "without going into extreme debt" meaning that you don't have to get student loans for absolutely everything. And of course there are certain professions that require multiple degrees and can not be had cheaply. No one rule or way of thought can cover every situation, but most people watching my videos that want to live along the lines of what I'm doing are most likely not looking to move toward those careers but instead looking to do something more independent but also make a decent income. None of this is meant to be in disagreement, just yet another way of looking at things. I appreciate you watching my videos and for your comment. Thanks.
I am one of those folks who went through the trouble of attaining a four year degree, just to end up not using it. I even made the mistake of relying too heavily on student loans. Some folks, like my dad, find success through schooling. Other folks, like me, do not. Either way is good, but neither way works for everyone.
Granted many may not end up with a high paying easy job by going into debt for a degree. My only point was that is the reason many go into debt for college. It increases your odds of getting one of those jobs. My self I went to work instead of college.
True. It's also about a lot more than the degree. For me the biggest advantage was that time to think and act on my own, social skill building, time working on something I love and it's where I met my wife. The degree is in a card board sleeve somewhere in a closet at my parents house............I think.
Thanks for the great videos! I had a question about your legs. Do you always use 4 X 4's (3.5" by 3.5") for your legs? I know you glued up some 2X6's for a tapered leg in one video, but did were originally using thicker legs for turning? (I thought you brought a pick-up load home from somewhere in an old video.) I guess I'm wondering if you've gone to a skinnier leg? And if you use thicker legs for longer tables, etc? And whether your customers care....whether they prefer thicker or thinner?
I use both. The 3.5's are easy to get, I use them on 6 foot or shorter tables, for longer tables I use the rough sawn legs. Customer preference varies.
Hi, Do you happen to have a video of how you made the clamping rack? Or plans for sale? That would be a great addition to my shop.
Not yet, but hopefully in the future.
What type of router bit and size would you recommend with those table top fasteners I ordered the same ones? Nice job on the build.
I use a biscuit joiner which is the easiest and fastest, you can get a really cheap one, probably not much more than the router bit........but the slot needs to be about 1/4 - 3/8 down from the top and about 3/8 deep or so. I'd wait till you get them and then go from there. You can also just run the board on a table saw and cut a groove the whole way down the inside of the apron.
My main concern is getting all the cuts exactly the same length with a mitre saw, like all the legs cut down from a longer 4x4. Also squaring up the edges of the boards as I don't have a planer or jointer or table saw. Which would be most recommended for squaring up the edges for minimal cost/space. Also, when gluing up the table top is it ok to use pocket holes, or should I go for dowels/biscuits? Thanks
The truth is, even if your off a little on every cut it won't make a difference to the eye. You just measure, draw a line with a square and cut on the waste side of the line....the most you would be off is a 1/16" in this kind of project that won't make ANY difference. You could use a circular saw to get your boards close if they are really crooked, then finish them off close with a plane. But just a hand plane will do it. Pocket holes will work fine. I just use the biscuits for alignment. Pocket holes also would take the place of clamps, put a little glue in there and screw it together. It's best not to over think it, you'll learn a lot and have those skills on future projects. Good luck.
Hello, I love watching your channel. Here is my question. What are your views on table stability? By this I mean; I see many farm tables with only 4 legs and other small tables with a lot of cross-bracing. I know each design is different, but do you feel the four leg method (which I really like) is stable and does not "rack around." DD
Mine don’t. A lot of farm tables you see see are just diy weekend projects made with construction lumber and screws. That style of construction lends itself well to that design.
So I'm sure you know about this, but it seems like a drawbored mortise and tenon would eliminate the need to have/use the band clamps. It would require assembling the base twice. I'd bet it would take longer than dealing with the band clamp, unless you already dry assemble every base.
The band clamps are fast and draw boring them would ad more time to the process that I'd like. It's not a bad idea for certain things, including my tables but speed is a major part of making this work for me. Thank you for watching and for the comment, perhaps I'll do a video on draw boring in the future It's a semi obscure technique a lot of people are not familiar with.
The Homestead Craftsman figured that was the case. I've used drawbores when I've either wanted to be able to disassemble the joint (without glue), or I don't have enough clamps to clamp up every thing is like to glue up.
A video on drawbores would be cool.
nice video! curious, roughly how many tables have to made and do you mark, label and or date them at all?
I carve my initials. I wish I numbered things, just so I know how many I've made, so I'm not sure.....a bunch. I think it may be around 100, I need to figure it out, it would just take me a while.
how do you keep the bases from twisting when gluing them up? ensuring very straight stretchers and tight square mortise and tenons?
My floor is flat enough, but even if it isn't, as long as the shoulders of the tenons are tight it is fine, this type of table base has enough flex in it to take the shape of any floor, even if it is not perfectly flat. I've never had a problem unless the apron boards themselves have a lot of twist, but in that case you just don't use that board.
great video and channel! just curious, I notice you dont use breadboards on your tables. any reason why? do these run risk of cupping?
Jeff Lewis All my wood is kiln dried. goes straight into my shop and into peoples houses once its a table. Bread boards have their place but are not necessary in most cases. The tops on these tables are about an inch, the base holds them flat. They also add a lot of time and in general im not the biggest fan of them. I think they are a weak point in many cases as well, especially on thinner table tops. Thanks for watching.
Great Video!
Question: Was the black paint water based? does it have to be in order for you to be able to use the water based finish (polycrylic)? Thanks!
Yes it is, it's just latex wall paint in flat. I don't see a reason you would go oil based in this situation, especially when latex is so easy, dries quick and cleans up with water.
How were you applying the heavy bevel on the underside?
Router
I wonder why You have so not much views, when making do amazing things adding that great comment during all video.