Building Dining Tables For Red Rocks Amphitheatre

For this project, I had the opportunity to design and build the dining tables for the newly remodeled Red Rocks Amphitheatre Visitor's Center Restaurant. The table tops are made from walnut, and the bases are made of steel plated with aged copper. In this video, I walk you through how I designed, bid, and built the project.
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[@jonathanm9436]

These are really beautiful for a cafe. Love 'em. Adn the copper plating is an inspired choice!

[@jewdd1989]

I haven’t been up that way in Colorado in a long time but I might have to go up just to see these tables! Beautiful work, glad you were the one picked to build them!

[@colinnicol9447]

As usual beautiful tables. I do think the construction deserved two videos

[@Benham_Design]

Thanks! I agree, it was so much work to build that volume I'm surprised I filmed as much of it as I did. Also detailed videos don't do well, and I have yet been able to make KZbin pay for itself

[@danieldurkton2942]

Outstanding beautiful !! I also agree with you on becoming a better craftsman by jigs /fixtures and better tools. When somebody says that about fixtures and such I always say if the pocket hole jig was available in the 1800s, I guarantee almost all the furniture would have them. Ps. Nice touch on the patina looks great with the walnut… Enjoy your week.

[@hdwoodshop]

Fixtures allow you to make the work repeatable and precise. I’m not sure what the critics expect. You’re not making tack welded horseshoes. This is furniture. Beautiful work. Looks great!

[@realpdm]

That looked like a tremendous amount of work and it turned out really beautiful like one would expect from you of course. Also amazing to have your work be seen and used by so many people coming through the incredible Red Rocks Amphitheater. I hope having it there helps drive more desired business for you.

[@GregsGarage]

The tables came out awesome! Unlike some of the fireball commenters; I would tell you that the better a craftsman is, they will spend LONGER assembling fixtures and jigs. Building 20+ items identically is a HUGE task and can only be done efficiently with repeatable setups.

[@Benham_Design]

Truth!

[@LeonardLantagne]

Nice work, hard work, but very good job.

[@garyzimmerman5481]

What a fun video to watch ! You must be very proud of yourself !

[@Benham_Design]

Very, it was a ton of work and turned out great

[@reforzar]

Monotonous Fabrication was the name of my band in high school.

[@Benham_Design]

That's a fantastic name. 🤣

[@mikkkydi]

Good job man!

[@betrickey]

Nice work!! I can't imagine the bill on that bunk of 8/4 walnut though. 😳😳😳

[@Benham_Design]

It hurt a little when I swiped my card. Lol

[@cobberpete1]

Wow. Cool looking Tables. Obviously People who do not work for a living who made silly comments. When making multiple units, Jigs and patterns absolutely save time and ensure consistency. And, if you have to make another at some time in the future. You have the jigs / patterns to repeat the process. That was a lot of work Brian, and a good outcome. Be careful. You are in danger of becoming a production shop and will need an assistant. ( can I apply). 🤣🤣🤣😊

[@Benham_Design]

Lol, I don't know if you will want to relocate.

[@cobberpete1]

@@Benham_Design True.. I'm happy in Australia 😎

[@1deerndingo]

That walnut must have cost a king's ransom!!!

[@4legdfishman]

New subscriber here! Nice work! I'm sure the clients are happy with their choice. Do you have a video that explains how you did the copper patina? Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent.

[@Benham_Design]

Thanks for the sub! I have several videos where I show different aspects of patina work, for various projects, but not a tutorial style video.

[@jd1427]

Nice work Brian. How long did that job take you?

[@Benham_Design]

About 3 months,

[@Eman-hx1qw]

Did you create a sample of the finish to go with your bid?

[@Benham_Design]

No, physical samples were not allowed. All bids had to be uploaded through the city's bidding website. I did include pictures so they had a pretty good idea of what they were getting.

[@vulgarwoodworks]

To your comment on tool trolls..... Especially when you do larger production runs, those more "luxury" tools become worth their weight in walnut 😂 I'm no metal worker, so no point of reference there, but translating your base design to solid wood, the Domino would have been my choice to supplement/align another type of joint. And we all know how much shit we get for using the "green hole punch."

[@gregmize01]

I alway eye roll when I see the "must be nice to own all those expensive tools" or "I could build that to if I had $20K worth of tools." LOL. Jealous babies.