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Woodworking baws: table top thickness thoughts
Posted on 12/3/18 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 8:10 pm
I was given some 6x6 cypress columns (not old wood) and think I might make a 60” or 66” round farmhouse style table out of it for my dining room. I was thinking about going 2.5” thick. I can go that and get 2 boards per column or 3 boards at about 1-5/8”. Y’all think that 2.5” would be too thick?
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Posted on 12/3/18 at 8:16 pm to Coon
How fine and flat a surface do you want in the end? The finer, the more you’ll have to budget extra thickness for loss during flattening.
1.5” can work, depending on the design.
1.5” can work, depending on the design.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 8:21 pm to Sigma
I’ll plane it down and have allowed for flattening.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 8:27 pm to Coon
Personally, 2.5” might be too thick for me. But it depends on the design. It can be done.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 8:33 pm to Sigma
I think so too. Just wondering.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 8:40 pm to Coon
Never made a round table. Made several rectangle.. the thickest I’ve gone is 2 1/2” but that was placing a new top over an existing one. It weighed a TON. I’ll usually go about an inch to inch and s half. I’ll band it three to three and a half inches to give it a thicker appearance but making it round would take me out of it at that point. I’d be interested to see any pics of the final product. Good luck.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 9:42 pm to Coon
1-1/4” to 1-1/2”
Posted on 12/3/18 at 10:02 pm to ChocoLab
I have a table I made my parents that’s pecan. The top is breadboard ends and they’re 1.75” thick.
Amazing how heavy that thing is.
Amazing how heavy that thing is.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 4:43 am to bbvdd
1.5" is fine. How dry is the beams? You have a way to saw them?
Posted on 12/4/18 at 5:14 am to Coon
You have to joint it before planing. Planing needs one straight side.
I guess a table saw will get that...
I guess a table saw will get that...
Posted on 12/4/18 at 5:37 am to Coon
Have you thought about making it out of a couple layers of plywood and overlaying it with the cypress? For a round table it will be more stable that way.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 7:11 am to CHEDBALLZ
Whatever you do, make sure you mill your wood to rough dimension first, and let it sit in the house for a month or so. Or get a moisture meter. Good chance you’ll get some movement after initial stress is released from first milling.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 9:50 am to mikie421
Chiming in here since I’m going to be making a table top soon. It will be around 6-7 feet in length and around 3 feet in width. Going to use planks and have one board at the end with 6-8 boards between them. Similar to this design:
It will be our main dining table and I want it to look nice. Thoughts on what type of wood and finish as well as thickness. I have an old table my wife picked up with a busted top. It has 76 inch benches for each side and we’ll have armchairs at the ends. We’re going to paint the base and benches and the top I’ll stain and seal.
It will be our main dining table and I want it to look nice. Thoughts on what type of wood and finish as well as thickness. I have an old table my wife picked up with a busted top. It has 76 inch benches for each side and we’ll have armchairs at the ends. We’re going to paint the base and benches and the top I’ll stain and seal.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 2:36 pm to Pectus
quote:
You have to joint it before planing. Planing needs one straight side.
I guess a table saw will get that...
You joint one side then one face.
Run through the planer for the second face
then get your 2nd side on the table saw.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 5:05 pm to Coon
quote:
Y’all think that 2.5” would be too thick?
depends if you have a forklift available or not
too thick IMHO. 1.5" would look good with 6x6 legs
This post was edited on 12/4/18 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 12/4/18 at 5:10 pm to TU Rob
You can use just about any kind of wood. Problem there, buying from a box store, you will still need to pass the ends on a jointer or planner. Reason, box stores and most lumber company's, the edges are round.
One I built for my daughter.
The top stained and varnished
One I built for my daughter.
The top stained and varnished
Posted on 12/4/18 at 5:40 pm to Coon
I just built a 48”x96” farmhouse style table. I used a 1 1/2” thick top. Needed some help to handle just the table top.....weighed a ton. My table is rectangular and the apron around the perimeter gives the illusion of a thicker top.
This post was edited on 12/4/18 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:06 am to fishfighter
Thanks. That’s more the look I’m going for. I’m going to get a planer or borrow one. My neighbors dad builds custom cabinets and has a huge workshop. He said I could drop off some boards and let him plane them. Or he could get them and plane them for me.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 5:42 pm to TU Rob
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This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 4:35 pm
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