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Parsons Rustic Dining Room Table

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Tagged: dining, parsons, rustic, table

  • This topic has 34 replies, 16 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by Mexiquite.
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  • Mexiquite
    4 November 2013 at 9:46 pm #20840

    Howdy! Greetings from San Antonio Texas. I’ve started making a Parsons style dining room table and need some advice. I’m using 2″ x 6″ x 60″ red oak.

    Question: Will glue be enough to hold the boards together or will I need to do something else? I’ve attached pictures of the project I’m trying to imitate and of the boards I’m using.

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    ejpotter
    4 November 2013 at 10:37 pm #20850

    Those boards have a lot of beautiful character. It’s going to be a lovely table. Assuming the tabletop boards are well-jointed, glue will be completely sufficient for holding the boards together. With the glue properly spread, long-grain to long-grain edge joints are stronger than the internal wood fiber adhesion. Watch the coffee table episode where Paul glues up the tabletop panel.

    Just moved to NE Ohio

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    Justjoe
    4 November 2013 at 10:57 pm #20854

    Liking the use of salvaged wood 🙂

    Lincolnshire, England
    www.joesleightwoodworker.co.uk

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    Mark Armstrong
    4 November 2013 at 11:02 pm #20855

    Like Eric says above with todays glues and along the grain very strong using rubbed glue joint.
    If you want to add extra strength you could also put a tongue about 1″ wide x 3/8″ thick to go into grooves on boards. Stop the tongue a few inches from end unless you want to show tongue as a feature.

    Dagenham, Essex, England

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    Greg Merritt
    5 November 2013 at 12:56 am #20862

    Yep, glue will do it. Tongue will work too. You also add a few dutchman as accents as well. They will draw the joint together and hold it there.

    http://hillbillydaiku.com

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    Mexiquite
    12 November 2013 at 4:36 am #21303

    I’ve glued it together and seems to be holding really well. Legs are next, then the cut out for the leg to fit, and finally the mortis and tenon skirt.

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    Mexiquite
    12 November 2013 at 4:39 am #21305

    @gman3555 I like the idea of the dutchman joints, but will experiment on a different project.


    @ejpotter
    and nobby1967 thank you for the encouragement to go with glue.

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    Mexiquite
    2 February 2014 at 7:19 pm #27076

    I’ve got the skirt and legs done and glued up. I’m surprised at how solid it is.

    EDIT: For some reason the pictures are all flipped when they get posted. Oh well.

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    Greg Merritt
    2 February 2014 at 7:26 pm #27083

    Thats going to be a very nice table Mexiquite.

    http://hillbillydaiku.com

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    Mexiquite
    6 February 2014 at 5:13 pm #27351

    Top on and new final preparations for sealant. After a little research I settled on Vermont Natural Coatings POLYWHEY. Will let you know how it goes.

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    ejpotter
    6 February 2014 at 5:20 pm #27354

    Nice job, indeed.

    Just moved to NE Ohio

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    Greg Merritt
    6 February 2014 at 5:32 pm #27355

    Looking really good! Nice work.

    http://hillbillydaiku.com

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    Brett aka Pheasantww
    11 February 2014 at 12:59 pm #27663

    Very nice table Mexiquite. Where do you get your “reclaimed” wood? Local dump? construction sites? I would love to do some work using wood destined for the landfill…

    Located in Honeoye Falls NY USA. The Finger Lakes region of Western NY.

    "If you give me 6 hours to fell a tree, I will take the first 4 to sharpen my axe" Abe Lincoln

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    Mexiquite
    11 February 2014 at 5:10 pm #27676

    @pheasantww I bought the wood from a oil rig company that 2 extra pallets of oak that had been sitting out in the crazy Texas weather for a year or so.

    Tell you what, this project has been tough since I’m not working with square boards since they are all warped and I can’t square them since I don’t want to remove the weathered part. However, this one is more fun than the chest of drawers I made.

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    David Gill
    11 February 2014 at 5:41 pm #27679

    Looking forward to seeing the finished table. Nice job Mexiquite

    Wigan, Lancs. England :

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