How to Build a Basic Dining Table | Rebuilding a 7 Year Old Project

[@aytviewer2421]

I gotta say that red oak does look fantastic --even the table-top's bottom is a view of beauty. Wow. So glad you shared a video clip of the underside near the end.

[@JayBergCustoms]

I find myself constantly in the 'build fancy stuff' mode all the time. This table is so simple yet still so beautiful. I bet that top was freaking heavy!!

[@WoodshopDiaries]

I love simplicity 😆 the legs give it just enough detail to keep it “fancy” (or at least fancy enough for me 🤣) But yes, the top was VERY heavy. I was so sore the next day after flipping it around to sand both sides 🙈

[@simpleyeteffective233]

I love it when a project has such sentimental value. Wonderful, as always! Keep it up Shara!

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Thank you! This one was definitely sentimental. 💕 I hope you have a great weekend and thanks so much for watching!

[@jackiedeemccoyjr949]

I love the way the top turned out ... happy woodworking

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Thank you so much! Happy building!

[@aytviewer2421]

1) As always, your work is consistently beautiful. 2) The notch was brilliant! I’ve never seen that before. 3) Red Oak vs Pine - When our kids were young, we bought a new dining room table when our family had grown to six of us. That store bought table was beautiful, but obviously was built out of soft wood as it was easy to dent. However, over the next 15 years as our kids grew up and did their homework on that table it slowly turned into something that we will never get rid of. You can see all sorts of tiny indents from them doing homework -be it math problems or writing assignments. My wife cherishes it! 4) I love how you reused the legs and part of the support structure and just replaced the top. Like our old table, your friends get something nostalgic and familiar coupled with something new. 5) Take care!

[@WillysPerformanceCycleCtr]

Shara, this is an absolutely beautiful table! I really like your method of attaching the top. So easy to do, yet solves the movement issues! Glad that Lou and Bubs helped out! As always, thanks for another great lesson in building! Glad your friends are okay! Take care and keep on building!

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Thank you so much! Lou an bubs were excellent help and moral support this project as you can tell 🤣 I’m glad you enjoyed the video and as always, I so appreciate you watching and following along. Have a wonderful weekend!

[@ronnorris1504]

the color of the top is absolutely perfect. Thanks as always look forward to your projects.

[@BigJonkulous]

Great video as always. I am in the finishing stage of building a bookshelf with Woodshop Diaries plans, and it's the best thing I've built in my woodworking journey so far. Thanks for all the inspiration and knowledge you share.

[@killersquirel11]

4:34 of note, clamping cauls are a pretty easy shop project to make - just put a very slight radius into some 2x4s, and then they can be clamped to the top and bottom during a glue up to help encourage alignment. (Use packing tape on the glue side of the cauls to prevent them from permanently joining your workpiece)

[@chrisbmurphy]

Great story and video. I can’t believe you’re taking on the wood movement establishment and challenging the obsession… 😂

[@WoodshopDiaries]

So glad you enjoyed it! I'm glad I got to revisit this project (just not glad about the circumstances that allowed me to). I've done things "right" over the years that had issues and other things "wrong" that didn't have issues. And vice versa. What I've come to realize is that you never really know what's going to happen, you can't control what's going to happen, and at the end of the day, the vast majority of "potential issues" are fairly easy to fix. I've found a lot of people don't like that philosophy 😂

[@MCsCreations]

Truly amazing work, Shara!!! 😃 Well, in case your friends do rc stuff, tell them to charge the battery packs always outside. They won't want that kind of fire inside, case something goes wrong. 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Thank you so much! Yes, charging batteries is always a little scary and unpredictable. Crazy what can happen. Theirs was caused by lightening-the storms around here get pretty intense. I’m thankful they made it out safe and are finally back into their home again. I appreciate you watching and hope you have a wonderful weekend!

[@aytviewer2421]

So agree about your charging comment. I've now gotten into the habit of not leaving batteries on chargers 100% of the time. About 10 years ago, I had a battery swell up after sitting on a charger for many months without being used. Thankfully it didn't explode or catch fire. Nowadays, we do not leave anything on a charger in the garage or elsewhere. That swollen battery scared me.

[@howler5000]

I’m glad your friends are okay!

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Me too! I hate that this happened to them but so thankful they were all safe.

[@joelcopeland3018]

Wow, this was a great video... Well done, as usual... God bless...

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching and hope you have a great weekend!

[@tombloy4244]

Hi Shara, this video sure points up the wisdom of not gluing the joints! What a time you might have had trying to redo the table if it had been glued! It also shows it held up fine without glue.

[@WoodshopDiaries]

I’m not sure it’s wisdom 🤣 but I can’t count how many times I’ve been glad I didn’t use glue on a project-new or old. It definitely held up fine over the years without it. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes it just makes things harder 😆🙈

[@durangodave]

I see your tools on the wall, have you done a video on tool battery storage? Would love to see how you organize your batteries. 😁

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Hi! I have :) You can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5K3nKNqpchqmtksi=QfSto73I4hOHyNS5

[@durangodave]

@@WoodshopDiaries Thank you

[@AJ-ln4sm]

I always love your projects!

[@WoodshopDiaries]

So glad you enjoy them. Thank you so much for watching and I hope you have a great weekend!

[@aliens1990990]

Smart af very impressive as always

[@WoodshopDiaries]

I don’t know about smart af 🤣 but I appreciate the compliment haha. Thanks so much for watching!

[@rodpotts2666]

Good job Shara!

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching!

[@edsonsouza618]

Belo trabalho, você é maravilhosa.

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Thank you so much!

[@aytviewer2421]

@5:23 - Instead of music, I usually have a good audiobook going while doing chores, mowing the lawn, doing projects, etc... It almost always makes me forget long tasks (like sanding) as I'm into the book!

[@bjhoover6879]

Where did you buy your mask and what is the name of it? Love love love the new table!

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Thank you so much! It's an RZ Mask--I got it on Amazon

[@vincebaker3384]

When you glued up the table top I noticed that you used black iron bar clamps did these clamps not leave black marks on the red oak?

[@Micha_Ba]

👋 Shara, you lately rebuild a closet? you build 7 years ago. Do all your builds last only 7 years??? Just kidding 🍾🥂

[@WoodshopDiaries]

Hi! Haha I haven’t rebuilt any closets that I had previously built. But I did remake an accent cabinet a year or two ago that I built seven years prior (didn’t take the original apart and rebuild it-just built another one just like it so I could make a video about it. The original is still the original). But seven years seems to be a good time to dig back into the memories of old builds 😊

[@Micha_Ba]

@@WoodshopDiaries ahh, been cabinet 👍 had something on my mind. Remembered 7 years 😁 As i said, just kidding 🍾🥂

[@louiswhitney1761]

By the way I’m sorry about your friend’s fire… they can be awful… never good either way…😢

[@mancavefire]

First 😎

[@WoodshopDiaries]

You win! Haha--Thanks so much for watching. Hope you enjoyed it!