hickory top - farmhouse table

[William Fretwell]

I also love hickory and making tables. Few pieces of furniture are used or appreciated as much. Yours looks lovely, the drawer handle is my only reservation. A hickory drawer pull would match far better.
Getting blades sharpened is a huge saving but you have to buy better saw blades with enough carbide that can be sharpened. My favourite table saw blade has been sharpened 4 times, apparently I have one sharpening left.
Hand planes have the huge benefit of on the spot sharpening and work very well.

[Bob Riefer]

Thanks for the comments William!

I had two suggestions that the customer did not accept...

1) I wanted to use tinted green stain on the base to achieve a translucent effect which would have shown some interesting grain in my opinion. Here's a pic of the base before paint to show you what I mean

2) I agree with you that a shop-made drawer pull would have been really nice


Alas, I have to remind myself that this is not my table... I'm just its builder :-)

[Charlie Jones]

Good looking table. It is best to change out blade when they get the least bit dull.

[Justin Rapp]

That looks really great. And yes, Hickory is really rough to work with. I build a bedroom set out of Hickory and had to send my table saw blade out twice for sharpening, replace the blades on my planer and nicked a few of the blades on my jointer's spiral cutter. But, in the end, it is wonderful rustic looking wood, pending the pieces you get.

That table will be indestructible...