Project by Doug McPherson | posted 08-22-2012 01:54 PM | 6292 views | 18 times favorited | 18 comments | ![]() |
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This was a recently completed Farm House Style Dining Table that I commissioned for a customer in the Chicago, Il area. It’s a BIG table, measuring 4’ x 8’ x 32” without the two 16” extension leaves that can be added to each end. With the leaves on, it measures over 10 1/2 ’ long.
Reclaimed hardwood timbers from a local collapsed barn were used as the source wood.
I’ have a blog post about the table that has more pictures at http://www.mcphersonvisionsinwood.com/farm-house-table-from-reclaimed-barn-wood/
Some pictures of the build process can be found at a separate post at http://www.mcphersonvisionsinwood.com/gun-barrel-style-farm-house-table/
Thanks for looking!
Doug
-- DullChiselDoug, http://www.mcphersonvisionsinwood.com
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 08-22-2012 02:12 PM
Big bad boy. Beautiful work!
-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.
cgrooms
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#2 posted 08-22-2012 02:14 PM
That’s an awesome table. I loved the build pictures on your site.
Camero68
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#3 posted 08-22-2012 02:33 PM
Nice! Looks very sturdy! No traces that it came from a reclaimed wood.
Doug McPherson
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#4 posted 08-22-2012 02:38 PM
Camero68- Oh there is evidence of the “reclaimed-ness” all over it. For instance, check out the nail holes in the big, lower stretcher and on the edges/sides of the table top.
-- DullChiselDoug, http://www.mcphersonvisionsinwood.com
MonteCristo
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#5 posted 08-22-2012 04:01 PM
Now that’s a big table ! I’m glad I’m not involved in moving it ! I like the safety catches (or whatever they are called) in pix 5.
-- Dwight - "Free legal advice available - contact Dewey, Cheetam & Howe""
BTimmons
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#6 posted 08-22-2012 04:03 PM
Very cool. Love those columns.
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Clint Searl
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#7 posted 08-22-2012 04:11 PM
Mighty handsome!
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pintodeluxe
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#8 posted 08-22-2012 06:18 PM
Love the character in the large timbers!
What a sense of family the owners will have when they gather at it each night.
-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush
ZED
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#9 posted 08-22-2012 07:04 PM
Wow, love this tabel. The blog was great too. My wife has been asking me to build one but I have not seen or designed an idea I really like this however is perfect!!!
-- A good craftsman is able to make it work with the tools he has, I still need more tools
LittlePaw
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#10 posted 08-22-2012 07:50 PM
Yah, those traces are what give it character, without them, it’ll be just another table. I love the ruggedness you gave to it with those massive turned legs – that took some doing! Very well done, Doug. I am not a furniture maker and you’re making me wish I were!
-- LittlePAW - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.
GenerationWW
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#11 posted 08-22-2012 08:33 PM
great job, love it!
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SawDustNeophyte
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#12 posted 08-22-2012 10:08 PM
Very nice work.
-- So many tools, so little money. *heavy sigh*
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#13 posted 08-23-2012 03:57 AM
Pretty impressive.
flwoodhacker
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#14 posted 08-23-2012 11:48 AM
Awesome table. I don’t know if I would have let it go after it was built. Question, did you apply any type of finish to the table?
Adam Baird
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#15 posted 08-23-2012 12:01 PM
I’m also curious about the finish…and this thing must weigh a ton!
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