Those who have been around a while probably remember the kitchen I did for my parents about 2 years ago. Mom decided that she wanted a table to match so at the end of the summer she ordered some Amish-made chairs, had the auction house pick up her old dining set, and had me bring over one of our folding banquet tables. We ordered some very expensive (and very nice) cherry from Irion lumber. I got started on it last week milling up the lumber for the top and did the first glue-up tonight. The glue up is 35" wide by about 48" long and is definitely the biggest I've ever done. But also the one that's come together the nicest.
We are up to 10 adults and 3 kids so far so holidays require a lot of seating. Open it will be 110" with all 4 11.75" leaves installed. Why 11.75? Because I have a 12" planer! Closed it will still be an oval shape since the slides can only accommodate up to 48" of leaves. That's about the biggest table the room can handle.
Leg design is still up in the air. We've ordered plenty of lumber and played with some sketches. The plan is to mock the base up with construction lumber and test it out at Thanksgiving if I make it in time.
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