I'm mostly impressed at your accomplishing this with an entry level...nearly everything. A good reminder that you don't need a trust fund to get started in woodworking. A lot of KZfaq channels seem to have forgotten that.

I used similar techniques for breadboard ends on three table tops and had trouble with them after a few months. The long boards get narrower as the wood seasons and the breadboards stick out slightly on the sides. Like you I used construction grade pine so I should have expected it. We still use the one I made for us and my wife says she still loves it, so there’s that. She still frys me pork chops from time to time so she must still love me. Well done sir. I like your style.

i have been a wood worker for thirty. years..... and started like you...i have a 24x24 shop now,,,heated,air cond tools galore...keep it up..you eill be a pro...........................

Watched at least 30 videos on making a dining room table. This is the best one. Nice job. Thanks!

This is a good vid by a talented woodworker. He works much the same way I do. However, when I saw him down on the floor with his electric miter saw (chop saw), I thought; "WTF? That saw doesn't have a dedicated bench?" In my case, my chop saw and my table saw are the stars of the show.They do the heavy lifting and deserve most of the credit, as well as their own stations. Nice table. I like it. Pocket holes, though.

Great job! Nothing like standing back a seeing what you have made. I hope you signed your work. That way years from now people will know who made it. I sign and date my work where it can't be seen outright.

I have made a large number of these for my restaurant (spanish) and I have learned a few things so I have had some progressions between the first ones and the current ones. I have stopped using breadbords, they do not add anything. Same as biscuits, I don't use them anymore either. I glue the boards toghether on a flat surface, upside down. Then along the boards i make paralell slots with a circular saw along the bords 2/3 of the thickness deep, every 3-4 cm, avoiding the joints. I do these slots 5cm up to the ends, so they do not show in the end grain. This stops the table top curling unevenly, and keeps the table from wobbling. I also want the outer corner of the legs at the outer corner of the table top ( it looks nicer and is better when we have a larger party and put some tables together), So i put a strongback across the planks, the leg thickness away from the end. Lately I have made cut-outs in the table top corners and made the leg top in line with the table top. I use pine which I age (some pine stain, sand unevenly, stain again etc) and with the legs in contrasting black, it looks great. I used to use epoxy on the top surface to get a suitable surface, but gave up on that. In the sun epoxy flakes. So I use polyurethan with some added stain and a few layers of that and sanding to give it even more of a worn look and then top it of with a clear coat. The legs I just sand some of the paint away so the pine shows throu on exposed places. It gives the restaurant the image of having been around for years.

WOW ....... As my grandmother used to say .... You did good ... Boy .... Thanks I think that will be my next project.. Thanks for the inspiration 👍

Its nice to see a video like this from someone who doesn't have 10's thousands of dollars worth of power tools in their dedicated garage. Proving that you CAN make a nice piece with "less tools". Great build.

Great thanks. For sharing. I don't have a big planer , jointer or even a table saw. After watching videos in youtube i feel like i couldn't make a thing without those. U proved me wrong

To match the two edges of the boards for a perfect joint, using a router and a straight cut bit, clamp the two boards level across the top and with a gap between them that's just a little less than the diameter of the router bit. (Make sure to align the ends close to even. If the boards are extremely warped, compensate for it in the gap or run the router down the side using a guide board to get them closer to straight.) . Clamp a guide board for the router along the gap, run the router down center of the gap between the two boards, it will match both sides of the boards to each other. If you need to make a wider top, do the same with additional boards using one of the matched boards and the next board. Make sure to mark the matching cut on the set of boards and use the other edge to the next board. Continue like that until you have enough width for your project. First- boards 1 & 2 then- boards 2 & 3 and if needed- boards 3 & 4 etc. Just make sure you mark the mating edges of the boards and put the unmatched edges of additional boards together to match cut them. You don't want to match a edge you have match cut already. . Once it's all doweled or biscuit joined, glued and dried, square up the block cut both ends. You will have perfect joints every time since the router cuts both sides at the same time they will match. You are aiming to take a very small amount of wood off both edges. If you mess up, just reclamp and do it over. I mark the edges that match with my biscuit joint lines or mark the edges A A (and) B B to make sure I put them together correctly. I've been using glue and pocket holes from the bottom lately and it works great. You wanted to get the edge curve off the boards, trim them with the table saw first then do this process. You can buy square cut lumber also. Remember to allow construction grade lumber to sit in your shop from several days to a week to allow it to completely dry, construction lumber that's not kiln dried is shipped to the store wet and might twist and curl as it dries. Even kiln dried needs to acclimate to your shop. If I get a board that I can't use after it dries, I take it back and get another board. (Keep your receipt). An extra board is always useful somewhere. . Hope this helps someone!

Great job sewing the table runner.

I know this video is old but I just watched and really enjoyed! Great job . Thanks for sharing.

No fancy high dollar tools, great job.

Great job buddy, I absolutely love the end result I think she’s going to love it as well, that’s so awesome of you to put in the time and effort to make something for your neighbor. I can only imagine what kind of friend you are to those close to you. Great job and thank you so much for sharing. Keep it up, I love watching and learning new things different ways.

Great job. Amazing how that pine pops with the walnut oil on it. Really beautiful!

I have to say, you did very well only having portable power tools! I've seen guys with big shop equipment make these and theirs didn't look any better than yours! Great job! You're obviously a good friend!

Just a quick suggestion, you're going the wrong way with the router. Should be counter clockwise dude. This will make the router grab into the wood and make it easier to rout for you. Just a suggestion for the future use of your router. I think it will make routing easier and more accurate for you brother..:)

you deserve alot of credit...big job....not alot of tools .... and did most of it on the floor !!!!!! good job young man ..some day you`ll be a hell of a wood worker ...............

Thanks for your inspiration. I built one between Thanksgiving and Christmas as a gift for my daughter. I used 4 of 2x12's six foot long and no bread board. The legs are 4x4's. I thought I could add a picture to this but I don't see how. Thanks for sharing the video. I can relate to you.

Wow! Ever ince I searched for Hyezmar’s Woodworking Bible on Google I got into this amazing craft more and more, I’m on my third project now and it’s been a great journey :)

i just noticed this video was two years ago, i bet your even better now....keep up the hard work

That table came out absolutely beautiful

Done that before. Mortise and tenon those ends so that the main boards can flex with moisture and temperature changes in its final environment. And be sure to use some sort of table top fasteners that allow for movement too otherwise your rigid base with cause the top to crack as it flexes. Otherwise very pretty table and bench. I love the breadboard style farmhouse style.

If your planer is wide enough, clamp both boards to be joined together... Then any angle will be translated evenly on both boards and they will fit together like ying and yang! Great looking build brother!

Enjoyed your video. I like that you have the same tools I do, no super-high-dollar-out-of-reach equipment! Thanks for the time and effort to post this!

Bro, you definitely rocked this Project !!!!! Simple, yet rewarding with the end results. This will definitely be a near future project.

Your hard work paid off

Nice table, you may want to be careful about gluing your ends on like that it doesn't allow for expansion and will split the top just an FYI . Keep on building

I like your videos, God bless you brother, KZfaq needs more persons like you.

Looks sick dude. Great tutorial for the everyday builder who doesn’t have a shop full of expensive machinery. Would definitely like to try a table like this soon. Thanks for posting.

So much nicer than anything you get from a store. Planning to make a table when I get home and this is one of the contenders.

Good luck with those breadboards. Should have used floating mortis and tenons on the breadboards. Except the 2 middle ones. Then used pegs to secure the rest of them.. Table looks great though. I'm planning on making one as well.

great job! Goe again to my believe that you don't need a million dollar shop to build something great. Just know how and a heart. Once again great job.

Table and bench look great! If the table is relatively stable humidity it should be fine for years and years. If you wanted to "step it up" next time, check out Jay Bates version of a Farmhouse table; there's some great advice on how to keep things from bowing/splitting in the long run.

Hey mate, great video, very detailed and entertaining to watch. Please disregard the over-negative comments. The music adds a nice touch to the video, and the speed is great too (maybe add a comment to people that don't know they can slow down videos on youtube in case they want to see it slower)...it was a great looking table and you've done it. GReat job!

You have very limited tools and a great imagination you did a hell of a good job with the few tools you had on hand congrats looks beautiful

:) You can use half the biscuits as they are for alignment and the glue meant to bind. Love the effort and ingenuity. Great job brother. :)

Awesome build man! Really like your scrappy way to build.

Nice job. I would offer a little caution,, gluing the breadboard to the table top boards might present expansion and contraction issues. Pre-stain the pocket hole plugs .... overall I think the table and bench look pretty awesome. I would think anyone would be happy of this table being a gift.

Great video! Professional and talented. On my bucket list after my 2nd retirement. Thanks.

O pior do vídeo foi ele terminar. Um espetáculo seu trabalho, parabéns!

Nice job on the table and benches i have a good tip for you when trying to joint planks together mark the top sides of the planks so there's no chance of mixing them up put the planks two at a time side by side in the vice or clamps then plain the planks togethers that way it doesn't matter if your planer is leaning, plane till both are even then take 2 more passes with the plain and the planks will come together perfectly each time,

Stunning table. Great job man

Wow! Beautifully done!

If you have a jointer now, you can easily make clamping cauls out of 2x2's for straighter glue-ups. Just make the calls so they are a matched set and mark them with permanent marker so you always know which way they go in the piece.

One question. Aren't you worried about gluing on the ends? This doesn't allow for wood expansion and contraction of the main boards of the table. It will probably fail. Usually the technique is to attach the ends with big dowels in the middle board in a tongue and groove fashion and an expanded hole in the long board to let the end "float" and this avoids any cracking on the boards as they expand and contract. There are some really good videos on this to watch to get a better idea on it.

Beautiful job, beautiful Table, excellent Video. Thank you.

everyone is going on and on about tools when you used enough and more than some have, most real woodworkers say you don't need a lot of expensive tools....good job

Love it! Reminds me of my "shop" (my garage and driveway). You can still build awesome stuff without a crazy shop! Looks great!

You can use a router to joint the edge of your boards if you don't have a jointer. You can do it with a straight edge or set it up in a tabletop for even better results.

That's a classy finished table & bench set up - proving, you don't need a whole lot of gear to accomplish great results - I'm sure the recipients are delighted. Go you !! One more thing: The music that begins at 6 Minutes 30 seconds - who is that - I want it in my playlist !!

I love this table u made and the bench!!! Me and my husband have been planning to make our farmhouse table for a while now. U made it look so easy lol. I pray ours come out as nice as yours. U really did an awesome job

the table looks really good. I made something very similar and had a go at mortise and tenons. Gonna need some practice there. I missed the fastening of the table top to the base. Did you use table top fasteners to allow for expansion in the table top? Nice work. Keep making the man glitter (sawdust) my friend

Simple design and built with quality craftsmanship! Thank you.

Very, very nice. Your friend will love it.

Next time you send just buy an adapter at the depot store and duct tape your sander to the tube on your shop vac it will be much cleaner

A nice looking table and bench. Hopefully the seasonal changes in humidity won't cause problems with the breadboard ends.

Love the build. Great job. Dust is the number one thing I hate having in my garage and I'm currently investigating a cost friendly way to control it.

Nice table, and bench.

Lots of sweat equity. Very nice!

If u don’t have a jointer u can cut straight on the table saw slightly passes .. u will get straight edge ., or build a sled for cutting edge straight too

Great table brother it's beautiful u guys remember the stick tables

At 8:39 looks as if he is climb cutting with the router. A good idea in some circumstances. Although it should be noted and advised as such. It can be dangerous to climb cut, also not knowing how too and or the feel of it. Great job if you first time for sure. stay well.

Excellent job!! Love the way that turned out! I gotta get me one of those electric hand planers!

4 years later, and I still would like to say that gluing the breadboards on the ends of the table will prevent the table top from moving with changing humidity levels during the summer and winter months and cause it to buckle or crack. I wonder what your experience has been.

Awesome work man! Thank you for taking the time to show us!

Great video I’ve started building my own stuff and this table is a must

Very simple and nice looking. Great Job

Impressive! Hope you got some action from this friend for all of your effort 😉👍🏻

OMG i almost had a heart attack when i saw that Kawasaki forgoten under all those stuff. BTW awesome job man! i'm new on this, and i'm watching all the videos i can on youtube for new projects!. for sure this will be a nice one to try!.

hey Greg. thanks for the tip! I have a table top build up coming soon.

Love your video ! Don't mean to be too critical but I didn't see or hear you mention trying clamps on both upper and lower side of glue and biscuit seams. The opposite pressures help eliminate the tendencies to bow one way or the other and keep them flat. The boards are a good idea as well, but then you have all the clean up of the run off glue and breaking the flattening boards off the project.

Beautiful job!! Greetings from Chile

Great build! Liked the pipe clamp trick...definitely will come in handy

well done. really clear and fast! no bs. thank you.

良い作品は道具も素晴らしい。

Lindo trabalho. Pena que aqui no brasil não tenho todas essas ferramentas. abraço

Beautiful! I want to make another one. That was my first video. I want to improve on it! You have given me some inspiration.

extremely beautiful job.

That table is going to tear itself apart as the wood expands and contracts. Don't glue the ends of the breadboard. Heat and moisture are powerful forces.

Good job brother, you gave me an idea I will make a table like that, I am thinking use tiles on top.

Great look table. Turned out nice

Beautiful table!!! Well done.

Nice Table and love the music....man you must have an awesome friend to do all that work! hats off to yeah...love the table...will you be my friend...LOL!

Great job explaining everything thank you

Cool project.

awesome video. new table on the way.

Muy linda mesa y un gran trabajo!! saludos desde argentina.

I will make same. Nice work man. Thanks for the video.

Gran trabajo, hermosa mesa. Yo quiero una asi, felicidades.

Beautiful great job

This came out really nice, Tim. Great job!

love the table, awesome proyect, thanks for sharing!!!

Awesome build! hopefully i'll be able to build something nearly as nice for my camp!

That's awesome man! Work with what tools you have and do amazing things. Good work dude! Got some good ideas for some of my future projects. (thumbs up)

Looks really good-two suggestions. #1-basic bench and getting the table saw and miter saw off the ground will make things hugely easier. #2-Hand planes (traditional non powered kind) can make things much faster and easier esp. with lumber yard pine like you used....might save you a lot of time with the belt sander and random orbit sander. Might also keep some sawdust out of your lungs....but NICE JOB!

love your work

BEAUTIFUL TABLE I LOVE IT

Nice build! Looks great