RiverRockWS

This is a beautiful piece John. I too am looking at some old growth pine for a farm table (dining table) and have some questions about how you achieved the look, especially of your table top. I have not found a lot of "helpful" resources online for working with reclaimed lumber, but hope you don't mind me asking here, even though the post is old.

1. What finish did you use on the top?
2. How did you prepare the face (sanding / planing)
3. How did you handle the sawn and chamfered edges to get it to match the "skin" of the face. I assume cutting or routing the boards would reveal the very bright inside of the pine (that hasn't weathered) yet the color of the edges and top is remarkably similar and fits the piece perfectly.

Thanks

This is a very funny video, but I agree, with that many people around, some additional safety concerns could have been addressed; it is a good (and very funny) demonstration of the SawStop safety mechanism though.

I do not own a Saw Stop, but if I could afford it, it would be in my shop. A SawStop is essentially the difference between putting a band-aid on your finger and getting back to work, (after many minutes of deep silent thought on how lucky you are) or picking your fingers up off the floor, rushing to the ER, and taking a chance that you may never work with wood again.

Safety is always the primary issue in any shop, and you can do a lot to mitigate a dangerous situation, but if that one "moment" comes when you aren't paying enough attention, or a tragic accident occurs, I say forget how expensive the saw blade is, I'll keep my fingers on my hand.

Great work all around! I am drawn to the workbench, but I think that's because I am in the process of rebuilding one for myself. You can tell that a lot of care was taken in each project, keep up the great work all.