Making a 48" Round Walnut Tabletop

Hi! This will most likely be my last video of 2019! I hope everyone had a great year! This piece was for a local customer that needed a 48" round table top. They provided a nice metal base which paired well with the walnut. I used 6/4 lumber and finished with a thickness of 1.25". The big 16" jointer came in handy and allowed me to break this build into smaller sub panels that could be flattened along the way. The finish for the table is a few coats of shellac followed by a few coats of a matte water-based polyurethane. Thanks for watching!
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[@cpeterson877]

Amazing to see those pipe clamps deform when the pressure is applied.

[@Bjørn-u4r]

Great vid and very nice table. Fun fact, its called merry christmas.

[@Bekim8310]

Beautiful build as always! Shellac and walnut are definitely a good combo!

[@parillaworks]

Thanks a lot Bekim!

[@louis-8225]

I wish a have those skills...real craftmanship respect

[@PietrosPhetla]

it's beautiful start to finish well done i want to see mor

[@gregmislick1117]

Watching the table blank buckle and unbuckle as you pulled the 2 halves together was wild - excellent example of how much the clamp pressure can impact the flatness. Hint: When you have friction issues like that - apply some clamp pressure and then using a mallet give it a whack, you can even whack on the flat face parallel tot he dowels if you like, it's the sudden shock ( the sharp relative motion which the shock wave sets up between the individual pieces is what does the magic) - this is the same principle behind the impact wrenches used at the local tire shop....Pressure 1st, whcak 2nd, repeat until seated.

[@parillaworks]

Thanks for the tip Greg. Next time I'll probably use shorter dowels, less dowels, and possibly MORE glue. I didn't use a ton of glue in the actual dowel holes but more glue would help lubricate it some.

[@gregmislick1117]

@@parillaworks on a big glue up like that, time is your enemy, even with more glue...once it tips over that tac point...inside the holes where the bulk of the glue has scraped off, you're going to have the issue. So "Open Time" is the friend you want to meet. King post Timberworks down on New Zealand uses epoxy on his big table glue ups for just that reason, and he uses long tight dominoes or big tennons (see the Ambassador's Table eps 1) with heavy big blocks of wood...at other places where open time is not as critical, good old Titebond II or III. There are also the plastic resin tuoe glues you mix from powder ... longer ooem times, hold like nobody's business. The whack a mole method shortens needed open time and hopefully removes the need to clamp down to wood crushing levels, but you still need "some amount of time" Good Luck on next big glue up!!

[@parillaworks]

Thanks for taking the time to provide some useful info Greg. I've considered using epoxy for certain glue ups but I never got around to buying the thickening agent I would need for my epoxy. Sometimes using a little extra titebond II or III will lengthen that tack time but then the glue up gets more messy. Always a balance of equities. Btw, I'm a big fan of Joey at Kingpost. Great channel!

[@donnie7578]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@SchimShady12]

Awesome table, I want it! If you made another, how much would it cost me shipped to Kansas?

[@ericwilliams538]

Hey.....were have you been. This is the newest video you have. You do amazing work!!

[@felipecaplangottardello7723]

Beautiful work my friend, very useful info!

[@Harrier20153]

Beautiful finish 👍

[@cestusfr]

Merry Christmas and happy new year to you!

[@aryrespect3052]

good job ,the table is very presition 👏👏👏👏👏

[@deafhain]

Would be great if you could post the list of the machines you used in the project. Thx

[@eversleyowl]

Very nice table top.

[@prestonhoffman5695]

Beautiful finish! Well done.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice looking table John! Thanks for sharing the video with us' and Merry Christmas! & Happy New Year! to you too🎄🎁😎JP

[@jeffwimer3969]

When you were clamping the two sides together, you could definitely see the flexing.

[@tructieptinvui1248]

You guys did a great job, let's do well together, see you all

[@AndreaArzensek]

Very nice walnut table, love the hue shellac gives to walnut. Since the dowels don't add any strength to the long grain glue joint use less dowels next time for alignment. Happy new year 2020!

[@parillaworks]

Thanks Andrea! Definitely, I think it was also some laziness that I didn't want to setup the spacer for the dowels and just used the jig and alignment pin. Oh well! Happy 2020!

[@MrBAchompBAchomp]

How did you figure out how short you could have each piece. I'm about to build same size table and I don't want to have a ton of corner waste

[@normolson1]

Excellent, thanks

[@worangeroad879]

where did you get your wood burning stamp?

[@nelliebaclili2926]

Instead of so many wood can we use thicker like 1 cm plywood ?how is it with plywood ? And pl- make video how to make folding metal leg

[@robertw.1499]

Is it possible to get a good, sound joint between the individual boards of the table top by just using the cut from the table saw? I don‘t have a planer/jointer. Thanks

[@parillaworks]

Definitely. My ripping blade is a bit old and not the highest quality to begin with. A better ripping blade might allow me to skip the jointer.

[@MondoRockable]

Nicely done.

[@maximeboissonneault6203]

Did you measure to make sure you were not gonna get a dowel showing off on the edges of the circle, or were you just lucky ?

[@parillaworks]

Hi Maxime. I forgot to mention but I did measure for the end dowels. I left a two inch gap at that point to make sure I wouldn’t cut through them.

[@maximeboissonneault6203]

Good! Because I was watching you cutting the circle and cringing... thinking what if he hits a dowel and it shows...

[@diegoescobar1012]

Beautiful 👍🏾

[@X3WorkshopDesigns]

Sweet. I was recently commissioned to make a 60” round walnut table. This video really helped. I like your idea of a router template to cut the circle but I might try the circular saw method instead. So the dowels you used just to connect both halves together or did you also use those in between each board? Thanks for sharing.

[@parillaworks]

Thanks for watching! I only used dowels in the last glueup, for a few reason. The first is I was confident the panels would be flat enough. The other is that it would be a pain to keep track of where each dowel was and if it would intersect with the circle.

[@octaviogallardo6431]

Wood cuts how many inches per piece help me please

[@CommercialForest]

Beautiful table. However, I must be honest. When I read 48 inch round walnut table my first thought was Poker ♠️ ♦️ ♥️! 😝

[@parillaworks]

Ha! Thank you!

[@mary8273]

Great job

[@DosViejosViajando]

This table came out great! How long did this take you to make?

[@parillaworks]

Thank you! I don’t remember exactly. Not more than a week if I wasn’t taking days off.

[@andrewbrown8148]

Very nice table top~! I'm just getting started using shellac in my shop. Do you use blond on woods like walnut? Thanks and have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year~!

[@salahmahdi8742]

nice job well done 👍👍👍👍

[@louisromagnoli4994]

Is this company still in business?

[@SteveC38]

Beautiful Job!

[@parillaworks]

Thanks Steve!

[@farooqgujjar9589]

Good job

[@alanross9073]

What kind of spiral bit did you use to cut the circle, upcut or down cut?

[@parillaworks]

That happened to be a 1/2” spiral upcut from white side. Model RU5150.

[@alanross9073]

Thanks. Appreciate you sharing your work!

[@andresescobar3327]

@@parillaworks I thought it was the ¼” Spiral Flush Trim Bit, isnt?

[@ImUrZaddy]

How much did you charge the client ?

[@parillaworks]

This one was $675. Material was pretty expensive but I had a lot of extra that is going towards some nice watch boxes.

[@artesanodelalma4280]

Hola amigo,muy buen vídeo pero si me aceptas una observación,mejor usar ropa ceñida que holgada,así se evitan accidentes.Saludos!

[@thomaslang7634]

How much do you have in materials for the top?

[@parillaworks]

I think it was something like 25 bdft of 6/4 walnut. Down here walnut is anywhere from $9-13/bdft, which is why I tried to minimize waste as much as possible.

[@SendItBilly]

yea little heavy on those dowels

[@donbrowning689]

Very nice!

[@parillaworks]

Thanks Don!

[@kennethkolman7367]

Had to make a 6 foot round table out of cherry joined the slabs with splines made of oak also no end grain was to be seen as per customer request that has been my greatest challenge

[@parillaworks]

No end grain? That's pretty interesting. Did you make it like a segmented ring?

[@kennethkolman7367]

@@parillaworks made segments to cover the outer edge used mortise and tenon joints to fasten to table body made the table round with a router and a long bit which was done in multiple passes and the rounded the edge for comfort and made square pegs out of Walnut for contrast

[@rightrome]

How much for you to build me one?

[@humbertoferreira2185]

Muito legal parabéns.

[@jinpremkio9470]

Cute baby 👶 😍😍

[@dsdragoon]

Did you glue in those dowels or allowed them to float? Will the shellac and polyurethane finishes prevent changes of the moisture content of the table top wood?

[@AndreaArzensek]

In this orientation all the wood moves, dowels won't affect anything. The holes should be elongated for the base connection, that's all. Eventually the table will go into an elliptical shape but that is only seen if you'd use a measure. Happy woodworking!

[@parillaworks]

Pretty much what Andrea said. The poly might help mitigate some moisture changes but it won't seal it 100%.

[@dsdragoon]

@@parillaworks Walnut is my favorite wood to work with for the small amount of furniture I build. My current project is a toy chest for my grand son. It is made with walnut veneered plywood and solid walnut trim. For my test sample finishes I used shellac and polyurethane too, the samples look great!

[@karensolomon83]

I have a 48in table wanted plexiglass for it..do I tell them when I go get it its 48 inches and they will know..because I really don't know

[@arth.4196]

A question. Do you use your garage to do all your work or a built shed please. I'm looking for something to remodel (garage) or build a shed.

[@parillaworks]

Hi Art. My shop is a two car garage.

[@TomSramekJr]

Adorable cuteness break at 3:31....

[@ismaelsantos8309]

parabens meu brother...

[@fitnessfreaks9877]

Don't talk man just do your job ,don't talk .

[@parillaworks]

Noted.

[@ArvindKumar-qh4ur]

Green card printer ki video

[@daviddavies6844]

THIS MAY HAVE A BRITISH E.MAIL ADDRESS..BUT IT IS FROM AUSTRALIA..WHY ON EARTH DO YOU BOYS IN U.S. PUT THOSE DISGUSTING METAL LEGS UNDER A BEAUTIFULL MADE TABLE YOU ALL HAVE ACESS TO LOADS OF FANTASTIC WOODS AN YOU SHOVE REAL COLD LOOKING CHEEP STUFF UNDER THE TOPS.DAVID..

[@parillaworks]

Hi David. It was the choice of the client. Not really my decision to make. Though I still think it looks great. Thanks for watching!

[@rogue2419]

All the tools but no sense 👎