1) As always, your work is consistently beautiful. 2) The notch was brilliant! I’ve never seen that before. 3) Red Oak vs Pine - When our kids were young, we bought a new dining room table when our family had grown to six of us. That store bought table was beautiful, but obviously was built out of soft wood as it was easy to dent. However, over the next 15 years as our kids grew up and did their homework on that table it slowly turned into something that we will never get rid of. You can see all sorts of tiny indents from them doing homework -be it math problems or writing assignments. My wife cherishes it! 4) I love how you reused the legs and part of the support structure and just replaced the top. Like our old table, your friends get something nostalgic and familiar coupled with something new. 5) Take care!
That’s a great perspective about your table top-one man’s pro and another man’s con. I love that you have made the “imperfections” a valuable asset to the table. I appreciate you watching and hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I find myself constantly in the 'build fancy stuff' mode all the time. This table is so simple yet still so beautiful. I bet that top was freaking heavy!!
I love simplicity 😆 the legs give it just enough detail to keep it “fancy” (or at least fancy enough for me 🤣) But yes, the top was VERY heavy. I was so sore the next day after flipping it around to sand both sides 🙈
4:34 of note, clamping cauls are a pretty easy shop project to make - just put a very slight radius into some 2x4s, and then they can be clamped to the top and bottom during a glue up to help encourage alignment. (Use packing tape on the glue side of the cauls to prevent them from permanently joining your workpiece)
I gotta say that red oak does look fantastic --even the table-top's bottom is a view of beauty. Wow. So glad you shared a video clip of the underside near the end.
Truly amazing work, Shara!!! 😃 Well, in case your friends do rc stuff, tell them to charge the battery packs always outside. They won't want that kind of fire inside, case something goes wrong. 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thank you so much! Yes, charging batteries is always a little scary and unpredictable. Crazy what can happen. Theirs was caused by lightening-the storms around here get pretty intense. I’m thankful they made it out safe and are finally back into their home again. I appreciate you watching and hope you have a wonderful weekend!
So agree about your charging comment. I've now gotten into the habit of not leaving batteries on chargers 100% of the time. About 10 years ago, I had a battery swell up after sitting on a charger for many months without being used. Thankfully it didn't explode or catch fire. Nowadays, we do not leave anything on a charger in the garage or elsewhere. That swollen battery scared me.
@5:23 - Instead of music, I usually have a good audiobook going while doing chores, mowing the lawn, doing projects, etc... It almost always makes me forget long tasks (like sanding) as I'm into the book!
Shara, a friend of mine who is a contractor/carpenter drives around in his spare time looking at jobs he's done to see how they have handled the "test of time". Mostly, he's looking at the roof's he's installed. So I feel lucky and you must too when you run across a bit of work to inspect and be self critical on how it has weathered the "test of time". I was helping clean up some of my Parents home when I ran across a bookshelf I built 60 years ago, painted with latex, still square and still functional. What a thrill for me. So my point is I really enjoyed this video because you shared with us a look back ("test of time") at a piece completed several years ago. Then you repurposed it, made it better, and put it back into service with a fresh new life again. Thank you. Hugs and kisses to the critters. Enjoying the Fall here and hope you are too! Thanks for Sharing! 🙂
That red oak really looks awesome for the table top and will withstand all the wear and tear much better. It must weigh a ton though! Thank goodness you were able to still get an identical table leg to replace the damaged one. GREAT job! It's sad your friends had to endure a fire but thankfully didn't lose everything. I'm sure they will be so happy to have their dining table back and now it's even better than ever!!!
Shara, this is an absolutely beautiful table! I really like your method of attaching the top. So easy to do, yet solves the movement issues! Glad that Lou and Bubs helped out! As always, thanks for another great lesson in building! Glad your friends are okay! Take care and keep on building!
Thank you so much! Lou an bubs were excellent help and moral support this project as you can tell 🤣 I’m glad you enjoyed the video and as always, I so appreciate you watching and following along. Have a wonderful weekend!
I have wood worked for many years and love how you take your thoughts into projects and do your thing. Your knowledge and passion has made some beautiful pieces. Keep it up! love watching
Hi Shara, this video sure points up the wisdom of not gluing the joints! What a time you might have had trying to redo the table if it had been glued! It also shows it held up fine without glue.
I’m not sure it’s wisdom 🤣 but I can’t count how many times I’ve been glad I didn’t use glue on a project-new or old. It definitely held up fine over the years without it. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes it just makes things harder 😆🙈
Table turned out great Shara. So sorry your friend and her family had to go through this that is not an easy thing to go through thank God they are all ok. The table we look amazing in there new home
Thank you so much for this video. I have a table my ex bought for our dining room 23 years ago. It has been moved a few times and is looking a bit tired. I love this table but had no idea how to make it ‘good as new’. You are a wonder! I now have the confidence to freshen it up. ❤❤
Great video as always. I am in the finishing stage of building a bookshelf with Woodshop Diaries plans, and it's the best thing I've built in my woodworking journey so far. Thanks for all the inspiration and knowledge you share.
That is so kind of you! I’d love to see your finished project if you’d like to share (feel free to email me!). I appreciate you watching and following along and hope the videos continue to be helpful. Happy building!
Looks great! I’ve been woodworking for 12+ years. I even worked at a high end table shop. It was a 3 man shop. The owner of the business, the builder and me. I was the finisher. So I did the sanding and finishing. But I’ve never built a dining table yet. I bought some legs online but I still haven’t made the tables. Not sure why. I’ve done small sofa tables. I really need to get those legs out and just make a table.
So glad you enjoyed it! I'm glad I got to revisit this project (just not glad about the circumstances that allowed me to). I've done things "right" over the years that had issues and other things "wrong" that didn't have issues. And vice versa. What I've come to realize is that you never really know what's going to happen, you can't control what's going to happen, and at the end of the day, the vast majority of "potential issues" are fairly easy to fix. I've found a lot of people don't like that philosophy 😂
that same 1'4 inch dado you cut in the apron would've looked good running around those legs as well at the same height, i think it would have tied the legs in with the table!
Thank you! I didn’t make them. I bought them from target a few years ago. Honestly, simple chairs like these are so cheap to buy, it hasn’t made sense for me yet to spend the time and money to make my own. 🙈
Hi! The chairs came from target (if I remember right-I’ve had them a few years now). Maybe one day I’ll consider chairs, but for the price different and time commitment of build vs buy, I’ve not really considered making my own because decent chairs aren’t really that expensive 🙈 but it would be a neat project one day.
I've done a few little projects with oak plywood and the veneer has that characteristic open grain. Did you use any grain filler? I gather it gives you a smoother finish because your grain is no longer a honeycomb of tiny openings.
From the table? It’s only about 10-11” wide, so it’s not enough to do much with. Right now it’s in my scrap pile. Maybe one day inspiration will strike and I’ll think of something haha.
Hi! Theyre not black iron. Theyre galvanized steel pipe (they’re just old and dirty). They do dirty up the wood a bit, but it’s cleaned up during the sanding process.
Even know the table top was had to redone. Can you just replace it like a countertop replacement because at my house we actually my stepdad recycle a old piano and put a granite countertop on top of it and we have that as our breakfast and dining room table altogether, which would be a guess for the table top I can hold the weight of the countertop
I've done things "right" over the years that had issues and other things "wrong" that didn't have issues. And vice versa. What I've come to realize is that you never really know what's going to happen, you can't control what's going to happen, and at the end of the day, the vast majority of "potential issues" are fairly easy to fix. I've found a lot of people don't like that philosophy 😂
Hi! Haha I haven’t rebuilt any closets that I had previously built. But I did remake an accent cabinet a year or two ago that I built seven years prior (didn’t take the original apart and rebuild it-just built another one just like it so I could make a video about it. The original is still the original). But seven years seems to be a good time to dig back into the memories of old builds 😊
That dado detail is cool. At first I thought it was a beaded detail, but it accomplishes a similar result.
1) As always, your work is consistently beautiful.
2) The notch was brilliant! I’ve never seen that before.
3) Red Oak vs Pine - When our kids were young, we bought a new dining room table when our family had grown to six of us. That store bought table was beautiful, but obviously was built out of soft wood as it was easy to dent. However, over the next 15 years as our kids grew up and did their homework on that table it slowly turned into something that we will never get rid of. You can see all sorts of tiny indents from them doing homework -be it math problems or writing assignments. My wife cherishes it!
4) I love how you reused the legs and part of the support structure and just replaced the top. Like our old table, your friends get something nostalgic and familiar coupled with something new.
5) Take care!
That’s a great perspective about your table top-one man’s pro and another man’s con. I love that you have made the “imperfections” a valuable asset to the table. I appreciate you watching and hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I find myself constantly in the 'build fancy stuff' mode all the time. This table is so simple yet still so beautiful. I bet that top was freaking heavy!!
I love simplicity 😆 the legs give it just enough detail to keep it “fancy” (or at least fancy enough for me 🤣)
But yes, the top was VERY heavy. I was so sore the next day after flipping it around to sand both sides 🙈
4:34 of note, clamping cauls are a pretty easy shop project to make - just put a very slight radius into some 2x4s, and then they can be clamped to the top and bottom during a glue up to help encourage alignment.
(Use packing tape on the glue side of the cauls to prevent them from permanently joining your workpiece)
Wow .amazing. im sri lankan fan .god bless you ❤❤❤
Gorgeous table. I look at my earliest builds and think I would do that different. I like the evolution of my skills.
Thank you! A lot changes over the years haha. Happy building!
Could make a good office desk.
I gotta say that red oak does look fantastic --even the table-top's bottom is a view of beauty. Wow. So glad you shared a video clip of the underside near the end.
Thank you!! Don’t look too close at the underside. I rough sanded it but theres still plenty of glue under there 🙈🤣
I love it when a project has such sentimental value. Wonderful, as always! Keep it up Shara!
Thank you! This one was definitely sentimental. 💕 I hope you have a great weekend and thanks so much for watching!
Truly amazing work, Shara!!! 😃
Well, in case your friends do rc stuff, tell them to charge the battery packs always outside. They won't want that kind of fire inside, case something goes wrong. 😬
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thank you so much! Yes, charging batteries is always a little scary and unpredictable. Crazy what can happen. Theirs was caused by lightening-the storms around here get pretty intense. I’m thankful they made it out safe and are finally back into their home again.
I appreciate you watching and hope you have a wonderful weekend!
So agree about your charging comment. I've now gotten into the habit of not leaving batteries on chargers 100% of the time. About 10 years ago, I had a battery swell up after sitting on a charger for many months without being used. Thankfully it didn't explode or catch fire. Nowadays, we do not leave anything on a charger in the garage or elsewhere. That swollen battery scared me.
@5:23 - Instead of music, I usually have a good audiobook going while doing chores, mowing the lawn, doing projects, etc... It almost always makes me forget long tasks (like sanding) as I'm into the book!
Great idea!
Shara, a friend of mine who is a contractor/carpenter drives around in his spare time looking at jobs he's done to see how they have handled the "test of time". Mostly, he's looking at the roof's he's installed. So I feel lucky and you must too when you run across a bit of work to inspect and be self critical on how it has weathered the "test of time". I was helping clean up some of my Parents home when I ran across a bookshelf I built 60 years ago, painted with latex, still square and still functional. What a thrill for me. So my point is I really enjoyed this video because you shared with us a look back ("test of time") at a piece completed several years ago. Then you repurposed it, made it better, and put it back into service with a fresh new life again. Thank you. Hugs and kisses to the critters. Enjoying the Fall here and hope you are too! Thanks for Sharing! 🙂
This was just a beautiful rebuild! The red oak top looks very nice with the white frame and legs. Thanks for sharing this.
That table turned out really good, for the second time😉😉
I see your tools on the wall, have you done a video on tool battery storage? Would love to see how you organize your batteries. 😁
Hi! I have :) You can check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/yaTkp4pc7dw/v-deo.htmlsi=QfSto73I4hOHyNS5
@@WoodshopDiaries Thank you
Table looks as if you've just built it. Love the oak top. Looks beautiful. Have a great weekend Shara
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching and hope you have a wonderful weekend as well 😎
That red oak really looks awesome for the table top and will withstand all the wear and tear much better. It must weigh a ton though! Thank goodness you were able to still get an identical table leg to replace the damaged one. GREAT job! It's sad your friends had to endure a fire but thankfully didn't lose everything. I'm sure they will be so happy to have their dining table back and now it's even better than ever!!!
Thanks to you I had to build my wife a pantry, now I have to build a table :) great job, look beautiful!
Shara, this is an absolutely beautiful table! I really like your method of attaching the top. So easy to do, yet solves the movement issues! Glad that Lou and Bubs helped out! As always, thanks for another great lesson in building! Glad your friends are okay! Take care and keep on building!
Thank you so much! Lou an bubs were excellent help and moral support this project as you can tell 🤣 I’m glad you enjoyed the video and as always, I so appreciate you watching and following along. Have a wonderful weekend!
Another great project!
Thank you so much! Have a wonderful weekend 🙌😎
I have wood worked for many years and love how you take your thoughts into projects and do your thing.
Your knowledge and passion has made some beautiful pieces. Keep it up! love watching
As always, another great video! Shara you use the simplest techniques and simple tooling, great job and keep the videos coming.
So glad you enjoyed this one! I appreciate you watching and hope you have a wonderful weekend!
That is a beautiful table. And the method you used to attach the top should satisfy the people,.. I hope. Lol
So glad your friends are safe
Great rebuild shara, it stood the test of time thats the main point despite how it could of or should have been made
Ty for some new ideas. I’m planning on turning a rectangular table into a round table
Hi Shara, this video sure points up the wisdom of not gluing the joints! What a time you might have had trying to redo the table if it had been glued! It also shows it held up fine without glue.
I’m not sure it’s wisdom 🤣 but I can’t count how many times I’ve been glad I didn’t use glue on a project-new or old. It definitely held up fine over the years without it. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes it just makes things harder 😆🙈
I have a hard time imagining how heavy a 2" panel of red oak that size would be. It does make for one gorgeous table, though. Thank you for sharing.
Table turned out great Shara. So sorry your friend and her family had to go through this that is not an easy thing to go through thank God they are all ok. The table we look amazing in there new home
Thank you so much for this video. I have a table my ex bought for our dining room 23 years ago. It has been moved a few times and is looking a bit tired. I love this table but had no idea how to make it ‘good as new’. You are a wonder! I now have the confidence to freshen it up. ❤❤
Great video as always. I am in the finishing stage of building a bookshelf with Woodshop Diaries plans, and it's the best thing I've built in my woodworking journey so far. Thanks for all the inspiration and knowledge you share.
That is so kind of you! I’d love to see your finished project if you’d like to share (feel free to email me!). I appreciate you watching and following along and hope the videos continue to be helpful. Happy building!
I’m glad your friends are okay!
Me too! I hate that this happened to them but so thankful they were all safe.
muy bonita Sara !!!
Thank you so much! 💕
Looks great! I’ve been woodworking for 12+ years. I even worked at a high end table shop. It was a 3 man shop. The owner of the business, the builder and me. I was the finisher. So I did the sanding and finishing. But I’ve never built a dining table yet. I bought some legs online but I still haven’t made the tables. Not sure why. I’ve done small sofa tables. I really need to get those legs out and just make a table.
Great story and video. I can’t believe you’re taking on the wood movement establishment and challenging the obsession… 😂
So glad you enjoyed it! I'm glad I got to revisit this project (just not glad about the circumstances that allowed me to). I've done things "right" over the years that had issues and other things "wrong" that didn't have issues. And vice versa. What I've come to realize is that you never really know what's going to happen, you can't control what's going to happen, and at the end of the day, the vast majority of "potential issues" are fairly easy to fix. I've found a lot of people don't like that philosophy 😂
Wow, this was a great video... Well done, as usual... God bless...
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching and hope you have a great weekend!
I love the way the top turned out ... happy woodworking
Thank you so much! Happy building!
Looks great.
That’s just an awesome table, love it ❤
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!
the color of the top is absolutely perfect. Thanks as always look forward to your projects.
Thank you so much! This has quickly become my favorite stain color for red oak 😍😍
Love the look of the red oak. Nice video share. Thanks.
Amazing!
Belo trabalho, você é maravilhosa.
Thank you so much!
Smart af very impressive as always
I don’t know about smart af 🤣 but I appreciate the compliment haha. Thanks so much for watching!
Well done. Thanks for sharing it
I was always thinking making tables are much harder 😊
Good job Shara!
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching!
Great video and build Shara! Really enjoyed coming along for this transformation. Always enjoy your work :^)
Thank you! I appreciate you following along and watching 🙌 have a wonderful weekend!
Love this build!!!!!
So glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate you watching!
THANKS FOR A GREAT VIDEO
Thank you so much for watching! Hope you have an amazing weekend!
Awesome!👍🏾
Thank you so much! I always appreciate you watching. Have a great weekend!
now i wanna make one!
I always love your projects!
So glad you enjoy them. Thank you so much for watching and I hope you have a great weekend!
that same 1'4 inch dado you cut in the apron would've looked good running around those legs as well at the same height, i think it would have tied the legs in with the table!
Awesome rebuild! Did you make those black chairs in the reveal shot? If you did, is there a video for the build?
Thank you! I didn’t make them. I bought them from target a few years ago. Honestly, simple chairs like these are so cheap to buy, it hasn’t made sense for me yet to spend the time and money to make my own. 🙈
Beautiful!
Where did the the black chairs come from? Ever considered making some sturdy kitchen chairs? I would love to see those plans/video!:)
Hi! The chairs came from target (if I remember right-I’ve had them a few years now). Maybe one day I’ll consider chairs, but for the price different and time commitment of build vs buy, I’ve not really considered making my own because decent chairs aren’t really that expensive 🙈 but it would be a neat project one day.
Looks great. What orbital sander do you use?
Thank you! It’s a SurfPrep orbital sander
Where did you buy your mask and what is the name of it? Love love love the new table!
Thank you so much! It's an RZ Mask--I got it on Amazon
I've done a few little projects with oak plywood and the veneer has that characteristic open grain. Did you use any grain filler? I gather it gives you a smoother finish because your grain is no longer a honeycomb of tiny openings.
Hi! I didn’t use grain filler (on this or my oak plywood projects).
How did the original top hold up to cupping since there was no breadboard ends?
What are you going to make with big cut off?
From the table? It’s only about 10-11” wide, so it’s not enough to do much with. Right now it’s in my scrap pile. Maybe one day inspiration will strike and I’ll think of something haha.
When you glued up the table top I noticed that you used black iron bar clamps did these clamps not leave black marks on the red oak?
Hi! Theyre not black iron. Theyre galvanized steel pipe (they’re just old and dirty). They do dirty up the wood a bit, but it’s cleaned up during the sanding process.
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Even know the table top was had to redone. Can you just replace it like a countertop replacement because at my house we actually my stepdad recycle a old piano and put a granite countertop on top of it and we have that as our breakfast and dining room table altogether, which would be a guess for the table top I can hold the weight of the countertop
Hi! Of course-you can replace the top with (theoretically) anything you’d like to use as a table top.
So, I knew it. Pocket holes cause house fires. 😂😂
If by pocket holes, you mean lightening, then, yes. That’s exactly what happened.
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You win! Haha--Thanks so much for watching. Hope you enjoyed it!
Everyone loves to use wood movement as an excuse for issues… don’t think it is all that…😊
I've done things "right" over the years that had issues and other things "wrong" that didn't have issues. And vice versa. What I've come to realize is that you never really know what's going to happen, you can't control what's going to happen, and at the end of the day, the vast majority of "potential issues" are fairly easy to fix. I've found a lot of people don't like that philosophy 😂
👋 Shara,
you lately rebuild a closet? you build 7 years ago.
Do all your builds last only 7 years???
Just kidding 🍾🥂
Hi! Haha I haven’t rebuilt any closets that I had previously built. But I did remake an accent cabinet a year or two ago that I built seven years prior (didn’t take the original apart and rebuild it-just built another one just like it so I could make a video about it. The original is still the original). But seven years seems to be a good time to dig back into the memories of old builds 😊
@@WoodshopDiaries ahh, been cabinet 👍 had something on my mind. Remembered 7 years 😁
As i said, just kidding 🍾🥂
By the way I’m sorry about your friend’s fire… they can be awful… never good either way…😢
They’ve had a lot to deal with. I hate it for them, but they are lucky they all got out okay and were still able to salvage some things.