A long grueling 40 mile trip to faraway Fredericksburg!! 🤣😂😋 LOVE Live Oaks. My first memories of living in San Antonio and Austin -- The Live Oaks. Great looking table.
I can't get over those legs. The tabletop looks great and the engineering you put into that was really cool, but those legs are just stunning. I love the little bookmatching detail; practically nobody will ever notice, but you get to know it's there and if you showed the client I just know they were delighted by it. And those pins in the tenon...gorgeous!
Crazy that the seam from straightening the tops is so subtle! I wouldn't have guessed that would work so well. It took a few replays for me to find it in the finished shots.
I remember watching the series where you rebuilt that bandsaw. It has been a godsend for you, it is like a battle tank of bandsaws. Great foresight on your behalf. I admire how you always try to achieve what your customers ask for. This to me is what sets you apart from the rest. I must say the chemistry between you and Robert is growing so well. It says a lot for you both. My bucket list is to come spend time on a project working with you both. I think it would be amazing fun and such a great learning curve for me. Slingshots and little boys are a right of passage. The body of the table is amazing. The extension give it another dimension. Great job.
Mi-T-Fine. Beautiful table, nice work guys. One part of your craft that is especially endearing to me is the thought that your creations will be living with some fortunate owners for generations. Enjoyed for the ages.
That table is beautiful. The figure in that live oak is just stunning. Your design, and the work you and Robert did building it are incredible. Amazing job, as usual. This continues to be one of my favorite channels. Over the years, the UA-cam channels I watch regularly continues to change. I started watching your channel when you had only posted a couple of videos. I still never miss one. I always know they'll be worth watching for both the entertainment and the educational value. Thanks for producing this content.
That’s a beautiful table you have built. The time and effort you put into that project can clearly be seen in it. I am but a amateur sawyer and woodworker but totally agree that live oak is difficult to work with and much prefer to use post oak over it. It’s all plentiful here in South Texas and some can have outstanding figure in it.
😊👍 Interesting. There a couple of techniques I've not seen before. So useful as well. The sharp corners give some qualms, from the ergonomic point of view. Walking into those accidentally could leave some nasty gouges in the anatomy. .
Andy your live oak table looks great. I’ve got some live oak short logs that I cut down from a tree in our back yard about a year and half ago. That’s got to be some of the hardest wood I’ve worked with. As an old timer woodworker I plan on making some smaller projects with what I have.
Yep I agree with Chuck Cirelli , everything is beautiful until you get to the end leaf's. And rather than the dovetails a hidden metal mechanical dovetail would be much stronger. And for a home owner to have to add the filler piece, when not using the bread board leafs is kind of a pain ! Plus veneer edging on the vertical legs would have been really nice. But that's just me . All and all it's very beautiful !! Lots of work but in the end it's worth every grey hair !! Ha two thumbs up my brothers!!
Awesome looking table guys. I live in the mountains of NC right now but lived in Wimberley TX for 15 years prior. I love how live oak looks. Spectacular grain swirl and hard as a rock. I’ve made some smaller projects out of it and it can really humble you. Especially using hand tools!
Hi from Australia Just discovered your channel and have subscribed. Love your work and will be going back over your previous videos. This table is outstanding and I appreciate your craftmanship. I only make smaller tables but like this design and might scale it down if you don't mind. Regards One Handed Maker
Very creative way to get the larger top from those crotches! I have a couple of cherry crotches that I wouldn't mind using for our porch dining setup that could potentially benefit from the same method.
"Ow ... finger ... hurt" ... heard many times around my shop (plus some choice additions) I wear myself out just splitting live oak for firewood. I don't know how you cut the veneers so well. Nice saw eh. Beautiful wood and excellent work!
Table is great, veneer live oak work is extraordinary. I’ve tried working with that stuff- I quit, I had nothing but problems. So kudos on a great job. But those extensions… aside from not matching the table I do see you back there installing some kind of hardware to keep them flat and reliable while in-use. This will involve something custom from one of the many excellent blacksmiths in Texas. It will also involve filling the sliding dovetails in the top, maybe an opposing piece of Live Oak? If there are kids in that house they WILL break the ‘sliding dovetail with plywood’ version. In fact I can see one of them using the extension as a diving board as I write this, so good luck. Finally, any time I have made trestle anything, the trestles did not stay perfectly flat, and or the floor they were sitting on was hooched, so the trestles required some stand-off feet so they only had to touch at four points. Luckily a 1/4” thick pad 3x3 (or square to the thickness of the trestle) glued to the 4 corners is all that’s required to keeo the table from shaking or skating around when in-use.
I’d like to make a response to this and just to preface I always appreciate the kind comments and the criticism. In regards to the extension, the client and I have agreed to darken them with some color, which I’ll be doing free of charge. I disagree with your opinion on their strength and I highly doubt a kid is using a dining table as a diving board. To add to that, these are extensions which spend 90 percent of their life in a closet and if they should ever break during that 10 percent of use I’ll happily fix them for free as I offer a lifetime guarantee on my furniture. In 11 years of business I’ve only repaired one piece due to faulty construction. You may not of noticed it in the video but the base has a 1/4” relief cut so that it sits on four point and not on the entire base. This feature is on all my trestle tables.
First off beautiful work! You guys have a great working vibe as well. It would've been awesome to see some smaller breadboard ends when the leafs are not being used.
Amazing, awesome job! The live oak is absolutely stunning- and your skill and workmanship unparalleled- the way you cut and matched the parts together is incredible! Not a big fan of the leafs, but they are utilitarian I guess. But the table, both top and supports- the entire job, is unique and unsurpassed.
The only way this video could have been better is if you ended with the song "Live Oak" by Jason Isbell over some B roll of the table. Incredible stuff as always.
Man I used a slab of live oak to make a plank chair once that had some carvings in it for decoration and I gotta say that it's an amazing beautiful wood but it is HELL on tools. The density of it is crazy and the sheer weight of it makes it difficult to work with. I wonder how many tools needed to be sharpened after this table? Absolutely stunning work though
Gorgeous! Andy your one of my biggest woodworking inspiration brother. Your family and at home shop balance is definitely goals. Question though why glue the tusk/key tenon? I've never used that joint and I'm just curious
I have said for YEARS that the only people who think Walnut makes the best looking slab-based furniture haven't see what a live oak looks like cut open.
I know it’s hindsight now but would it have been a good idea to extend the 2 channel irons that you spanned the legs with, to support the top, extend them out past the bread board ends to give them support? Enjoy your builds.
Andy- why did you glue the through tenon stretcher and wedge in place instead of leaving it free to knock down? It’s a massive table and judging from your groans it’s equally heavy. Leaving it as a knock down would make moving it easier. The table is beautiful.
You seemed to be pushing hard on the track saw when cutting the boards, is it because your machine lacks power or didn't you use a rip saw? Normally you should be able to cut this thickness in one go I'd say. Anyway always nice to see your new videos, thanks.
Great table, Andy. The way you straightened the slabs with the wedge cut was really ingenious. Did you veneer the edges of the supports or just leave the white oak exposed?
The leafs looks amazing! I really enjoy how you are doing the breadboard ends especially in this video. I have been using your technique since then. Its probably not a new technique but i did see it on your channel. Do you know what season the table will be on The Chosen?
Like it with and without the extensions. Looks really awesome! Also, how do you like the Makita track saw? My Triton bit the dust after almost 10 yrs of moderate use and am no looking at the Makita as a possible replacement.
I am assuming the client wanted the extra length with those leafs, but they just do not go. The different gain/color just looks off. Gorgeous table/legs though.
First time viewer as this just started after a different one I was watching. Several things I saw that made me ask questions in my mind, but the biggest was the bread board ends. Why???? I truly hope the customer is happy with them because in my eye they are straight up ugly. They don't match at all, they likely aren't very strong, the little strip in the dovetails are hideous, and they just ruin an otherwise fairly nice looking table. Again, I hope the customer is happy. I wouldn't be.
@@Rufio1975 Nah. They're ugly by any design standards. The abrupt interruption to beautiful woodgrain is quite jarring. Could have avoided all this by laminating the wings with grain running in the same direction. THAT would have been quite interesting to see. This is just a universally bad design.
@@vikassm Again. Your opinion and suggestions are valid. But what do people not understand today about their "opinion"? When it comes down to it, your opinion doesn't mean anything. If the maker and the client are happy,then it's good. Everything you are saying is a matter of perspective. Understand? People keep acting like their opinion is the correct opinion. A wise man makes his own decisions,an ignorant man follows public opinion.
LOL. That is ridiculous!! Easily on of the most beautiful tables I have ever seen.
A long grueling 40 mile trip to faraway Fredericksburg!! 🤣😂😋 LOVE Live Oaks. My first memories of living in San Antonio and Austin -- The Live Oaks. Great looking table.
I really like how the table turned out
Haven’t been this early since I bought a pumpkin spice latte in July.
I’ve had the Understanding wood book over 20 years. Was a trip seeing it.
I can't get over those legs. The tabletop looks great and the engineering you put into that was really cool, but those legs are just stunning. I love the little bookmatching detail; practically nobody will ever notice, but you get to know it's there and if you showed the client I just know they were delighted by it. And those pins in the tenon...gorgeous!
Always good to see somebody else have to think as much as I do. The work becomes a joy. Nice work bud 🔨🔨
Crazy that the seam from straightening the tops is so subtle! I wouldn't have guessed that would work so well. It took a few replays for me to find it in the finished shots.
I remember watching the series where you rebuilt that bandsaw. It has been a godsend for you, it is like a battle tank of bandsaws. Great foresight on your behalf. I admire how you always try to achieve what your customers ask for. This to me is what sets you apart from the rest. I must say the chemistry between you and Robert is growing so well. It says a lot for you both. My bucket list is to come spend time on a project working with you both. I think it would be amazing fun and such a great learning curve for me. Slingshots and little boys are a right of passage. The body of the table is amazing. The extension give it another dimension. Great job.
Mi-T-Fine. Beautiful table, nice work guys. One part of your craft that is especially endearing to me is the thought that your creations will be living with some fortunate owners for generations. Enjoyed for the ages.
We have the same first name .. maybe that's why I liked your comment .. LOL!!
outstanding work!!! so nice to see a large slab takle with no epoxy!
just one thing to say, Amazing table!!!!!!
That table is beautiful. The figure in that live oak is just stunning. Your design, and the work you and Robert did building it are incredible. Amazing job, as usual.
This continues to be one of my favorite channels. Over the years, the UA-cam channels I watch regularly continues to change. I started watching your channel when you had only posted a couple of videos. I still never miss one. I always know they'll be worth watching for both the entertainment and the educational value. Thanks for producing this content.
Beautiful, not sure why your client wanted extensions. Amazing craftsmanship! Thanks for showing how to take on a project like this.
That is a stunning piece of furniture. The grain is just beautiful. You are a true craftsman
Gorgeous. Love it.specifically the top.
that pie cut is a great tip!
The best thing to do with live oak is leave it alone. Beautiful table.
I LOVE how those extensions look. Amazing contrast. Well done.
Andy, that's freakin' cool. Like, super freakin' cool. Well done Sir, and thank you for continuing to help out the best TV Series ever created.
Fantastic build Andy. Love how you jump in and think things through and take some risk. Thanks for another great video.
That’s a beautiful table you have built. The time and effort you put into that project can clearly be seen in it. I am but a amateur sawyer and woodworker but totally agree that live oak is difficult to work with and much prefer to use post oak over it. It’s all plentiful here in South Texas and some can have outstanding figure in it.
😊👍
Interesting.
There a couple of techniques I've not seen before.
So useful as well.
The sharp corners give some qualms, from the ergonomic point of view.
Walking into those accidentally could leave some nasty gouges in the anatomy.
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Andy your live oak table looks great. I’ve got some live oak short logs that I cut down from a tree in our back yard about a year and half ago. That’s got to be some of the hardest wood I’ve worked with. As an old timer woodworker I plan on making some smaller projects with what I have.
Absolutely gorgeous! Outstanding craftsmanship.
always enjoy your videos. some of your solving gives inspiration
Yep I agree with Chuck Cirelli , everything is beautiful until you get to the end leaf's. And rather than the dovetails a hidden metal mechanical dovetail would be much stronger. And for a home owner to have to add the filler piece, when not using the bread board leafs is kind of a pain ! Plus veneer edging on the vertical legs would have been really nice. But that's just me . All and all it's very beautiful !! Lots of work but in the end it's worth every grey hair !! Ha two thumbs up my brothers!!
Agree on both points.
Awesome looking table guys. I live in the mountains of NC right now but lived in Wimberley TX for 15 years prior. I love how live oak looks. Spectacular grain swirl and hard as a rock. I’ve made some smaller projects out of it and it can really humble you. Especially using hand tools!
Wow. beautiful table. Finish looks great
I just got that book for Christmas!
Great job, once again Andy. Only you, to pull it off!
Hi from Australia
Just discovered your channel and have subscribed.
Love your work and will be going back over your previous videos.
This table is outstanding and I appreciate your craftmanship.
I only make smaller tables but like this design and might scale it down if you don't mind.
Regards
One Handed Maker
Beautiful thank you for sharing. Really enjoy watching you figure things out when things do not go according plan.
Love your work, Andy, you and your partner do it right every time
I think the table is beautiful! Both of you guys did a fantastic job! Keep up the great videos.
what a great table and very well explained content i enjoy watching your channel and seeing your great work
Beautiful table what a great job. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful table.
Very cool table Andy. Nice job.
what a magnificent table and workmanship ,not a great fan of the leaves but still looks good
Absolutely stunning table Andy, and like always excellent job.
The contres look really good
still a great table and also a great video
Very creative way to get the larger top from those crotches! I have a couple of cherry crotches that I wouldn't mind using for our porch dining setup that could potentially benefit from the same method.
"Ow ... finger ... hurt" ... heard many times around my shop (plus some choice additions)
I wear myself out just splitting live oak for firewood. I don't know how you cut the veneers so well. Nice saw eh.
Beautiful wood and excellent work!
Incredible table and cool design. Nice job!!
Table is great, veneer live oak work is extraordinary. I’ve tried working with that stuff- I quit, I had nothing but problems. So kudos on a great job. But those extensions… aside from not matching the table I do see you back there installing some kind of hardware to keep them flat and reliable while in-use. This will involve something custom from one of the many excellent blacksmiths in Texas. It will also involve filling the sliding dovetails in the top, maybe an opposing piece of Live Oak? If there are kids in that house they WILL break the ‘sliding dovetail with plywood’ version. In fact I can see one of them using the extension as a diving board as I write this, so good luck. Finally, any time I have made trestle anything, the trestles did not stay perfectly flat, and or the floor they were sitting on was hooched, so the trestles required some stand-off feet so they only had to touch at four points. Luckily a 1/4” thick pad 3x3 (or square to the thickness of the trestle) glued to the 4 corners is all that’s required to keeo the table from shaking or skating around when in-use.
I’d like to make a response to this and just to preface I always appreciate the kind comments and the criticism. In regards to the extension, the client and I have agreed to darken them with some color, which I’ll be doing free of charge. I disagree with your opinion on their strength and I highly doubt a kid is using a dining table as a diving board. To add to that, these are extensions which spend 90 percent of their life in a closet and if they should ever break during that 10 percent of use I’ll happily fix them for free as I offer a lifetime guarantee on my furniture. In 11 years of business I’ve only repaired one piece due to faulty construction. You may not of noticed it in the video but the base has a 1/4” relief cut so that it sits on four point and not on the entire base. This feature is on all my trestle tables.
Beautiful table guys
First off beautiful work! You guys have a great working vibe as well. It would've been awesome to see some smaller breadboard ends when the leafs are not being used.
LOve this table, great job..
Amazing, awesome job! The live oak is absolutely stunning- and your skill and workmanship unparalleled- the way you cut and matched the parts together is incredible! Not a big fan of the leafs, but they are utilitarian I guess. But the table, both top and supports- the entire job, is unique and unsurpassed.
Gorgeous table bud. Great job!
Thankyou Andy!
love the table - love the base and love the extensions
Amazing as always!
Very nice,enjoyed the process.kudos 👍👍👍😎😎😎
Gorgeous
Beautiful
Andy happy new year to you and your family
Just amazing!!!!
Beautiful ❤
Very nice table I’m a little unsure about the sliding dovetails. Be very interesting to see how it holds up,customers are hard on things.
Beautiful!
The only way this video could have been better is if you ended with the song "Live Oak" by Jason Isbell over some B roll of the table. Incredible stuff as always.
Great song!
I would recommend using hidden magnets to secure the dovetail fill pieces instead of that center screw
Man I used a slab of live oak to make a plank chair once that had some carvings in it for decoration and I gotta say that it's an amazing beautiful wood but it is HELL on tools. The density of it is crazy and the sheer weight of it makes it difficult to work with. I wonder how many tools needed to be sharpened after this table?
Absolutely stunning work though
Gorgeous! Andy your one of my biggest woodworking inspiration brother. Your family and at home shop balance is definitely goals. Question though why glue the tusk/key tenon? I've never used that joint and I'm just curious
Same question here. I think that joint is supposed to be removable.
I have said for YEARS that the only people who think Walnut makes the best looking slab-based furniture haven't see what a live oak looks like cut open.
I know it’s hindsight now but would it have been a good idea to extend the 2 channel irons that you spanned the legs with, to support the top, extend them out past the bread board ends to give them support? Enjoy your builds.
Andy- why did you glue the through tenon stretcher and wedge in place instead of leaving it free to knock down? It’s a massive table and judging from your groans it’s equally heavy. Leaving it as a knock down would make moving it easier. The table is beautiful.
You seemed to be pushing hard on the track saw when cutting the boards, is it because your machine lacks power or didn't you use a rip saw? Normally you should be able to cut this thickness in one go I'd say. Anyway always nice to see your new videos, thanks.
Great table, Andy. The way you straightened the slabs with the wedge cut was really ingenious. Did you veneer the edges of the supports or just leave the white oak exposed?
Hope this isn't a silly question:- how come the metal straight edge doesn't move when you are using the circular saw?
It's a track saw. There is a rubber material on the bottom of the track to prevent slipping. There are also slots for clamps when needed.
I'm pretty sure it's strips of rubbery material on the bottom of the track.
The table is gorgeous. What do you use for finish on your dining tables?
31:45 why glue? isn't the point of those tenons to disassemble the base so it's easier to transport? Should be plenty strong once hammered in.
The leafs looks amazing! I really enjoy how you are doing the breadboard ends especially in this video. I have been using your technique since then. Its probably not a new technique but i did see it on your channel. Do you know what season the table will be on The Chosen?
Like it with and without the extensions. Looks really awesome!
Also, how do you like the Makita track saw? My Triton bit the dust after almost 10 yrs of moderate use and am no looking at the Makita as a possible replacement.
Hey Andy - what would this table cost if it was picked up from your ship? Same material and dimensions.
Isn't live oak used for ship building?
Very nice. I like it. What oil did you finish it with?
Are you being specific about Titebond 2 as opposed to like unibond 800, which dries brittle?
Love your channel and have learned a lot from you. You do awesome work, but not really a fan of this table with the oak on the ends..
I would imagine that's a $40K + table.
Nice work!
Did the tracks give a sufficient glue up edge??? No need to run it on the jointer?
im guessing he jointed the edges with a strait edge and flush trim bit in a router. like he did earlier when cutting the pie piece
I’m not sure he realizes how close he was to losing that cord around this point 16:39
whats live oak? red or white oak>?
Looks great! You may have mentioned it in the video, if so I apologize but, what finish did you put on this table?
White Oak table with Red Oak extensions?
Live Oak with White Oak extensions…
What finish is being used for this table?
I am assuming the client wanted the extra length with those leafs, but they just do not go. The different gain/color just looks off. Gorgeous table/legs though.
I think the contrast looks great
How did you attach the top?
Other youtubers sell push sticks, Rawls sells fingertips. I'm sure you know your bandsaw way better than me, but it looks sketch.
loved the table but the extensions look terrible
First time viewer as this just started after a different one I was watching. Several things I saw that made me ask questions in my mind, but the biggest was the bread board ends. Why???? I truly hope the customer is happy with them because in my eye they are straight up ugly. They don't match at all, they likely aren't very strong, the little strip in the dovetails are hideous, and they just ruin an otherwise fairly nice looking table. Again, I hope the customer is happy. I wouldn't be.
Very heavy US style I guess ... I like the wood but definitely not the design. Customer's choice ...?
Base looks great…Table Top also just beautiful…but the leafs are hideous,their killing that beautiful top…sorry but I had to say it….🖖🏻
Oh dear... Yeah those leaves are hideous!! Yuck...
Gotta agree. Not a fan of those ends. Love love the rest.
And that's ok. You can have your opinion. Lots of other people like them. But it's merely an opinion.
@@Rufio1975 Nah. They're ugly by any design standards. The abrupt interruption to beautiful woodgrain is quite jarring. Could have avoided all this by laminating the wings with grain running in the same direction. THAT would have been quite interesting to see. This is just a universally bad design.
@@vikassm
Again. Your opinion and suggestions are valid. But what do people not understand today about their "opinion"?
When it comes down to it, your opinion doesn't mean anything. If the maker and the client are happy,then it's good. Everything you are saying is a matter of perspective. Understand? People keep acting like their opinion is the correct opinion. A wise man makes his own decisions,an ignorant man follows public opinion.
I'm surprised no one wears masks or respirators.
Looks so “comfy”
The dog was trying to figure out you are doing to the thing he usually takes a pee on.
. Wow what is it!
What does it do!
LoL Naaaaaaaa it's great' 👍 LOL
😆 ya goofy m8te from Australia