Solid Tiger Striped Maple
Wood Custom Table

This customer contacted me to build her a large dining table out of oak. At first she thought she needed one that was 96 inches (8 feet) long. She already had the armchairs she wanted to use so to make sure that was the correct length we lined the (4) chairs up side by side and measured their combined overall length. It came to 90 inches. So we decided to go with a 9 foot table (108 inches) which would give people more room. Thank goodness we did this!

Next we selected the rough oak boards for the table top and the panel legs. On a table this large it is important to select boards that are flat as possible (not bowed or twisted). The final thickness was to be 1.75 inches thick. So we started with rough boards 2 inches thick. We laid out the boards and oriented them so the different grains were complimentary. We milled them and glued them up ending with a tabletop 108″ x 40″ x 1.75″.

The table top is massive and very heavy at over 150 lbs. Takes four people to carry it around. Yikes!

Step 1 Successful!!!