Here is a hipster farmhouse table Bill and I created. This post has a lot of pictures and a few words. The pictures speak for themselves.
Here is some of the lumber we started with. Some Douglas fir 4x4s and regular old 2x4s.
Plowing out some notches in the legs of 4x4s:
Notch on the top corner of each 4x4 leg to hold table top frame.
Here the legs are starting to take shape.
We used Bill's sleek new jig to bury and hide all fasteners on the table.
The rough frame of the table top support starting to shape up
A close up shot of the buried screws. This is a 2x2 cross support to hold the table top.
Foosball table? No...
We used two 24 foot Dougblas Fir 2x12s to create pieces for the the table top.
We made our own 2x6s out of the 24 foot 2x12s. Here they are just laid in place to get an idea of how we are looking.
Another shot of the table top 2x6s laying loosely in place.
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This is a shot of the biscuit jointer we used to keep the various pieces of the table top together.
A shot of the biscuit joints.
We glued and biscuit jointed the 2x6s together and held them overnight with a various array of clamps and ratchet straps.
We also notched out the table base and added some arms to each end. This will allows for a longer table top and consequently, two more seating positions.
Here is the main part of the table top with the straps and clamps removed.
We added 2x8s to each end - running across to complete the table top. Similarly, these were glued, biscuit jointed and clamped to the other pieces.
A picture with both 2x8s on and clamped...
Here I am starting to sand the 4x4 legs and stretchers.
A close up of the 4x4s down low. I used the palm sander to take a little bit of the sharp corner off.
The most important and coolest part is giving the table that "distressed" look. It is akin to buying new jeans in the 1980s and then immediately ripping them. Here I am hitting the 4x4s with a chain to create "the look."
Lastly Bill stained the table with a dark coffee brown floor stain and added a layer of polyurethane. We will sand and polyurethane it a few more times. Here is how it looks, almost done...
Check out the chain marks...
