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Great suggestions, thank you, but each has substantial cons like cost, difficulty, aesthetics.

I was thinking about wood.

Can anyone suggest how to make a large dining table for a covered porch?

I would prefer not to use a common picnic table style with gaps between the table-top planks, but I am concerned that the...

That's a huge help -- thank you.

So, an ellipse like this looks good and is functional, right?

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Can someone point me to an ellipse and a squooshed ellipse (non-pointy), so I can see what you guys mean?

Thanks!

Thank you for your response.

I was thinking that it this decision has a substantial functional component. Specifically, the degree of curvature affects how people next to each other, particularly...

I have a covered wraparound porch 12' deep off each side and would like to put an oval table off the corner.

I'm thinking 10-11' long by 4' wide, so seat 12-14 ppl.

But, as I start thinking...

Thank you for the help!

I thought about molding, but (a) the treads are already not so deep (I think the run is about 9" or so) so I don't want to lose any depth and (b) it'll be continuously...

I'm restoring a 100 year staircase and there is varying widths of openings between the inside of the treads and the vertical risers between them.

The treads will be stained and poly'd, the risers...

I just last night set up my new G0766 and have never used a lathe before.

This morning I put a piece of wood on and started.

All in all in went well, but I'm hoping experienced people can take...

You guys are great!

So, my understanding is that Odie's is indeed a drying oil. And, that the finer/higher grit one sands, the glossier the finish.

That's why I went to 1200 -- hoping the...

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions.

Great job wall mounting Tim.

Sounds like this is not a quick or easy job, and there are so many items on the to do list I might have to live...

I purchased a Grizzly G1030Z2P 2 stage dual canister dust collector and it works great.

But, it takes up scarce floor space.

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to mount it high up...

Update: I scraped and sanded and wiped with acetone repeatedly. I sure got a lot of the oil out and off, but I'm certain not all of it.

I tried to remove the epoxy patches, but some were just...

I'm making a table for a friend -- 1" cherry, 38" x 92"

I've been liking Odie's Oil, so I decided to use it.

I made a couple of oop'es during planing and thought "Oh, I'll just fill it in with...

I really appreciate the help. I wasn't thinking of a regular fan, but rather something made to suck dust -- probably whatever is typically used on 3-5hp DC systems.

But I didn't realize that the...

Thank you for the wise perspective. I don't mind getting the tractor once in a while to move a pile, but it sounds like I'd be much better off separating the big stuff before blowing outside.

Thanks very much for the help.

I wasn't clear at all.

I'm thinking (which can be dangerous) of a single blower mounted on a wall and ducted right through the wall to the outside to suck all the...

I've read several threaded on exhausting collected dust to the outside and I'd like to set that up in my garage/workshop.

Can someone point me to a nice wall-mountable motor/fan/blow unit?

I...

It's amazing how with each new project there's a tremendous amount to learn (i.e., tremendous amount I don't know).

I think I've learned the hard way enough times already that if it's not flat...

I love it -- you are absolutely right. And my wife thinks so too.

I wiped on 3 wipe-coats already. I can feel and see the slight imperfections, but I'll give it a long while to cure while I...

More coats, regardless of sanding between coats or will it self-level only with sanding between coats?

I just steel wooled the top and sure enough the shiny areas are gone and it looks much...

The varnish is gloss, and the surface was glossy after the last coat applied. It also had various imperfections -- dust points, thicker/higher areas, a wrinkly area when I must have picked up the...

I suspect that no matter what I do, I'll still know where the imperfections are.

But I'll be happy if others casually looking at it don't see them.

Do I rub the shiny spots with 0000 to dull...

I had counter-top made out of recycled barn pine.

It was far from flat.

I made it a little less non-flat.

I then used West epoxy resin and 207 clear hardener.

It took about 8 coats and...

Thank you!

Texture is the main reason. I'll try exactly what you suggest.

I tried a sample piece and used 600 dry followed by 1000 lubed with wax (and then wiped off) and the sheen dulled. It...