I too used to wear flip flops in the garage. It took me a while to learn that my toes were a lot softer than the things in my garage. I got a pair of Birkenstock Boston clogs best decision I have made for my toes safety.
Great work Nick, I saw in another comment that you like natural finishes, it would have been tough for me to stain red oak in a gray.....but the customer is always right ;-)
Nicholas Kwok Hi Nicholas, I share my progress on tube channel Gopher Woodshop ive only done a couple of pretty basic videos, i’m currently finishing up on a shoulder plane video which is much better, but still needs some tweaking I’m sure you know how time consuming videoing is lol? When I get done with that, I’ll send you a link. I plan on doing the white oak table, from some air dried lumber from a tree I chain sawed up years ago. But only have so much time, as my real job gets in the way.
Yeah my two options were either mixing red oak saw dust from sanding at 220 grit + epoxy as wood filler or using black epoxy. Since the table was gonna be stained gray, I went with the black epoxy thinking it could be a cool complementing tone :) I wouldn’t use random wood filler though since it’d be hard to match the tone of the red oak
Thanks, Kent! The total lumber cost was around $320: $300 for the 8/4 Red Oak $20 for the 4x4x8s for the legs I also had some spare 2x4s that I used for the stretchers. However, if there were more 6-7 ft pieces of red oak at the lumber store, I might've been able to get it down to $270 but they were all really long pieces at my lumber store.
Note to anyone trying to create a similar table....though not nearly as bad as framing timber, hardwoods have also greatly increased in cost since Covid.
I'm refinishing my red oak table right now. It's all sanded down and I just don't know if i want to stain it or do a natural finish. Did you use polyurethane last over the stain?
Yes - I used Arm-R-Seal oil based wipe on poly (3 coats lightly sanding in between) over min-wax oil based stain. I personally love more natural looking tones. If you do stain, what stain are you thinking about going with? :)
I haven’t really considered it strongly. The biscuit joiner I currently have is $15 I got off FB marketplace that I use for fasteners (like I did for this table in mounting it to the legs). I think I had it in my head that Festool was the best way to do biscuits so I dismissed the idea cause of the price. What has your experience been with biscuits?
@@nwkwok I'm debating between purchasing biscuits or using cauls. Right now my edge glue ups are super raw, no cauls, no biscuits, not even pipe clamps on both sides LOL. Hoping my next panel will be better.
@@arnoldc1724 Ah yeah... that would be difficult haha. Curious, without clamps, how are ensuring the faces that you're gluing up are getting good contact? I think the other reasoning for me not using biscuits is cause I was being resourceful with what I had. I had the spare lumber and the clamps to make those pretty easily. I've also done some glue ups without using calls and the sweat equity that goes into making something level was just too painful.
@@nwkwok I had pipe clamps just not on the top and bottom of the panel. And truth be told I don't have issues with cupping because I dont really press the clamps that tight. I will say I'm very careful during the jointing stage and I get my edges very flat. I also use the "in-out" method of edge joining lumber.
Awesome! The total lumber cost was around $320: $300 for the 8/4 Red Oak $20 for the 4x4x8s for the legs I also had some spare 2x4s that I used for the stretchers. However, if there were more 6-7 ft pieces of red oak at the lumber store, I might've been able to get it down to $270 but they were all really long pieces.
I want to make a coffee table. I was thinking about buying red oak 4ft×2ft plywood style and just adding legs to it. Do you think it would work or should I do multiple peices of wood to form the top as you had done?
That sounds fun! I think it depends on the thickness of the plywood and what type of use you think the coffee table will get. This table was 1.5” thick which you definitely don’t need for a coffee table. 3/4” redwood plywood should be plenty strong for a normal use coffee table!
Yeah ! I was thinking 3/4" red oak plywood. The coffee table is just to hold the occasional plate and cup of water while resting in the couch, nothing too heavy
If you’re meaning a table like this that is full solid wood I would venture a guess around $2k. You’ll find lots of tables that are 3/4” - 1” thick but they’ll frame the edges to look like it’s 1.5” - 2” thick and those will be closer to $750-$1200
I too used to wear flip flops in the garage. It took me a while to learn that my toes were a lot softer than the things in my garage. I got a pair of Birkenstock Boston clogs best decision I have made for my toes safety.
😆 so true. Good call on the birkenstocks!
Looks nice. Good job. Pro tip of the day try out crocs for the shop. Lol
Yeah for real! Good tip.
Amazing job, table looks really good.
Thanks so much!
Amazing job!
Thanks! :)
Holy smokes!!! Awesome job.
Momentum Tint & Detail thanks so much!
How much cost did you have in wood materials?
Momentum Tint & Detail I think it was around just under $300 in Red Oak and $30 for the 4x4s. I had spare lumber for the 2x4 stretchers.
Momentum Tint & Detail I’m actually using a couple of the scrap pieces from this project to build a charger station for all my apple devices :]
Great work Nick, I saw in another comment that you like natural finishes, it would have been tough for me to stain red oak in a gray.....but the customer is always right ;-)
Good work man
Thanks so much!
Nice work!
Thank you! :]
Nice job sir, I started the same way picking up tips and tricks, its great to see and hear your learning progress, planning on a table myself soon.
Thank you! Good luck with the table build! If you’re able to share progress / the final project, would love to see it!
Nicholas Kwok
Hi Nicholas, I share my progress on tube channel Gopher Woodshop ive only done a couple of pretty basic videos, i’m currently finishing up on a shoulder plane video which is much better, but still needs some tweaking I’m sure you know how time consuming videoing is lol?
When I get done with that, I’ll send you a link. I plan on doing the white oak table, from some air dried lumber from a tree I chain sawed up years ago. But only have so much time, as my real job gets in the way.
Gopher Woodshop preach! getting in the garage / shop is hard after a full days work @_@
Love it! It looks so good! I can’t remember my shop footwear when you came over, but I’m guessing I was a bad example for you.
Haha at the very least you modeled close toed shoes. Don’t know what I was thinkin wearing flip flops 🤪
Looks great Nicholas!! Subscribed!
Thanks! Right back at'cha!
Nice work! I have a Red Oak slab i'm working on now
Nice! What are you gonna use it for?
@@nwkwok Its going to be a bar top, with a built in kegerator below it. I'm super excited, the expenses keep piling up... but it will be worth it.
@@waynehockey22 Nice!! That sounds legit! If you post it on social media or make a video, please share the link on here. Would love to see it!
Can you list the products used to get the finish on the table? Thanks.
Looks great. Did you consider using any wood grain filler? Have a project with oak coming up and debating it
Yeah my two options were either mixing red oak saw dust from sanding at 220 grit + epoxy as wood filler or using black epoxy. Since the table was gonna be stained gray, I went with the black epoxy thinking it could be a cool complementing tone :) I wouldn’t use random wood filler though since it’d be hard to match the tone of the red oak
you mixed douglas fir and a hardwood..did you think about poplar?
Great work nick! Thinking about making one of these too and was wondering how much was spent on the oak?
Thanks, Kent!
The total lumber cost was around $320:
$300 for the 8/4 Red Oak
$20 for the 4x4x8s for the legs
I also had some spare 2x4s that I used for the stretchers.
However, if there were more 6-7 ft pieces of red oak at the lumber store, I might've been able to get it down to $270 but they were all really long pieces at my lumber store.
Note to anyone trying to create a similar table....though not nearly as bad as framing timber, hardwoods have also greatly increased in cost since Covid.
I'm refinishing my red oak table right now. It's all sanded down and I just don't know if i want to stain it or do a natural finish. Did you use polyurethane last over the stain?
Yes - I used Arm-R-Seal oil based wipe on poly (3 coats lightly sanding in between) over min-wax oil based stain. I personally love more natural looking tones. If you do stain, what stain are you thinking about going with? :)
I am really surprised by how much the calls straightened out the boards. Have you ever considered using biscuits for alignment?
I haven’t really considered it strongly. The biscuit joiner I currently have is $15 I got off FB marketplace that I use for fasteners (like I did for this table in mounting it to the legs).
I think I had it in my head that Festool was the best way to do biscuits so I dismissed the idea cause of the price. What has your experience been with biscuits?
@@nwkwok I'm debating between purchasing biscuits or using cauls. Right now my edge glue ups are super raw, no cauls, no biscuits, not even pipe clamps on both sides LOL. Hoping my next panel will be better.
@@arnoldc1724 Ah yeah... that would be difficult haha. Curious, without clamps, how are ensuring the faces that you're gluing up are getting good contact?
I think the other reasoning for me not using biscuits is cause I was being resourceful with what I had. I had the spare lumber and the clamps to make those pretty easily. I've also done some glue ups without using calls and the sweat equity that goes into making something level was just too painful.
@@nwkwok I had pipe clamps just not on the top and bottom of the panel. And truth be told I don't have issues with cupping because I dont really press the clamps that tight. I will say I'm very careful during the jointing stage and I get my edges very flat. I also use the "in-out" method of edge joining lumber.
what did the total cost end up being? I am debating trying to do the same thing!
Awesome! The total lumber cost was around $320:
$300 for the 8/4 Red Oak
$20 for the 4x4x8s for the legs
I also had some spare 2x4s that I used for the stretchers.
However, if there were more 6-7 ft pieces of red oak at the lumber store, I might've been able to get it down to $270 but they were all really long pieces.
I want to make a coffee table. I was thinking about buying red oak 4ft×2ft plywood style and just adding legs to it. Do you think it would work or should I do multiple peices of wood to form the top as you had done?
That sounds fun! I think it depends on the thickness of the plywood and what type of use you think the coffee table will get. This table was 1.5” thick which you definitely don’t need for a coffee table. 3/4” redwood plywood should be plenty strong for a normal use coffee table!
Yeah ! I was thinking 3/4" red oak plywood. The coffee table is just to hold the occasional plate and cup of water while resting in the couch, nothing too heavy
@@whoisjen4431 awesome! Good luck with the build! Do you think you’ll hide the plywood edges with edge banding or trim? Or leave it exposed?
Depends on how it looks. I'm thinking about it but if I like the look then ill keep it! :)
Have you looked into card scrapers instead of the belt sander?
I actually haven't! Have you found that to be quicker than belt sander when leveling a table?
@@nwkwok I prefer a good card scraper to sanding any day. Once you learn how to tune the bur it seems as fast if not a little faster to work with
Nicholas Kwok Hey Nicholas, How do I send you a link to my new video? I didn’t want to post on your UA-cam account as that kinda tacky.
@@GopherWoodshop is it posted on your page? I can go watch it
LongBar Millworks Yes Sir
How much would a table like this be sold for to a customer? (Anyone cam answer)
If you’re meaning a table like this that is full solid wood I would venture a guess around $2k. You’ll find lots of tables that are 3/4” - 1” thick but they’ll frame the edges to look like it’s 1.5” - 2” thick and those will be closer to $750-$1200
What were your dimensions?
Allen Chen 30.5”H x 77”W x 37.5D