Dining Table

If it is a challenging woodworking project you want – then it is a challenging woodworking project you shall have!
 
Let’s not beat around the bush here. Constructing this dining table and matching benches does require one or two advanced woodworking skills. However, having said that, if you are a less advanced woodworker, then I believe it is a great opportunity for you to hone your woodworking skills. Take some scrap material of the same dimensions, follow the instructions and have a go at making a couple of mortise and tenon joints or laminating (joining) solid timber. After all – frustration aside – we all know what practice makes!
 
Take it from me, advanced skill levels of woodworking just don’t happen with time alone!

The following steps show the process of one bench. Constructing the table varies only slightly – steps 15 and 16 show this extra process. The solid timber I chose to use was Victorian ash, a very stable timber (ideal for wide tops). Victorian ash also takes stain very well (in this case chocolate stain) and can easily be matched to your existing furniture colour. The choice of timber can also be substituted – however caution should be exercised when doing this, as a “stable” material is essential.