Prowell Furniture Cherry Hall Table Building Process

[@fedevera6692]

Me encantan tus vídeos! Hermoso tu taller y tus trabajos!

[@stevetyler3016]

I enjoy all of your videos. From the rough lumber, working your craft til the Beautiful finished work of Art. Thank you !!!

[@bigben380]

What a great way for me to start my day. Thank again, Steve

[@ElCarisoHS]

Nice fine work, I catch myself just sitting and admiring fine furniture Thank you for sharing

[@JohnGilliland]

Incredible work. Great video as well!

[@jarrodrandel]

Wow, very nice work Ben

[@jamesopell]

Beautiful creation, Ben......

[@bigben380]

Thanks, Jim

[@lampoon154]

Great job!

[@jonhwalsh4900]

Looks great !

[@bigben380]

Thanks

[@markharris5771]

There were a few terms such as "stringing" that I didn’t understand, I'm very much an ignorant newbie sorry. However, that didn’t spoil the video at all and what a stunning piece of furniture. I really like simple clean lines and your table will outlast all of us, and people of future generations will talk about the craftsman.

[@josevelez7539]

Enjoyed watching your inlaid process. I’ve never done it, but will try it on a piece soon! Thank you! Noticed a bit of a gap on your breadboard joints... Why not hide the tenons and dados by stopping those short of the edge? You probably fixed it in the end... Just a thought! Great piece.

[@bigben380]

Good eye. Although not a gap, a mishap with my planer knives left that board uneven. What looks like a gap is actually the tapered table top board creating a shadow over the bread board end. It caught my eye too. As for the tenons, you are absolutely correct. You live and you learn. In retrospect wish I would have left them short, as not to be seen. Oh well. Definitely try out the inlay technique, it is one of my favorites. Slow, but thats alright.

[@JamesPettinato]

nice work, art work

[@TaylerMade]

very nice to see a fellow craftsman at work rather than the pocket hole kings who call themselves fine woodworkers lol.

[@bigben380]

Haha. Thanks for the kind words, Tayler

[@littleredgolft2]

Awesome

[@408Magenta]

NICE!

[@nev123123123]

Great work i was wondering why in furniture making makers do those bread board tops why not just leave it as end grain

[@bigben380]

For me they are purely aesthetic. On certain pieces the bread board can add a subtle contrast at the end of a narrow table top. Traditional they were added to stabilize the top, preventing a cup over the width of the table. In my case, the base of the table does that for me. If you have a piece with no support below (like a bread board/ cutting board) these will play a larger role, as the "bread board" end will give the piece some resistance towards cupping over time. To answer you question, I could have left it as end grain, but wanted to the look of long grain, instead. Aesthetics or structural, it all comes down to what you feel like doing. Thats the beauty of woodworking. Some pieces will last and some won't, but as long as you enjoy making it, who cares, right?

[@bigben380]

Thanks. Appreciate it

[@billmccaffrey1977]

Great work. BTW - you are only supposed to glue the center pin on bread board ends. By gluing the end pins, the top can no longer expand.

[@bigben380]

Thanks for the input, Bill, always appreciated. I always put a dab of glue on the outside pins, to hold them in place, understanding that any glue that does make its way down to the tenon will be only be minor, not interfering with seasons movement. Hasn't failed me, so far.

[@WoodByWright]

Beautiful work! What did you use for your Hand rubbed finish. looks like several coats of danish oil and a polish?

[@bigben380]

+Wood Wright Thanks for the kind words- I used Waterlox with a bit of paste wax on top

[@WoodByWright]

+Ben Prowell I have never thought of applying it with a rag I have always used a brush. But I guess it is not that different from a wipe on poly. thanks for the idea!

[@bigben380]

+Wood Wright Both methods work just fine. personal preference I guess. I prefer a rag, tends to work into the grain a little better for me. But, that's the beauty of the craft. A million ways to get the same result.

[@Finewoodworkingofsc]

Great video, Ben. Excellent craftsmanship. I noticed you were wearing a NBSS shirt in one of the video shots. Did you attend this school?

[@bigben380]

+Fine Woodworking of South Carolina- Thank you. I did attend NBSS. Graduated in 2011

[@cbr900son]

@4:05 looks like there is a large gap in the table top area

[@bigben380]

Ha. Caught my eye as well. After building this piece I found that my Planer table had slipped out of alignment. This left the breadboard end not uniformed in thickness. What your seeing isn't a gap, but the end of the breadboard being slightly thicker than the rest of the table top. The shadow that it creates makes it look like a gap. This was flushed up after glue up, with a hand plane. Thanks for the comment.