We delivered the monster conference table Friday afternoon. To refresh, it's a 'relaxed' boat shape...52" wide at the ends and 76" at the middle, and 28' long. The top is seven panels 48" wide each with the grain running the width of the table and a 3" border around the perimeter. A previous post shows the base assembly, also kinda boat shaped. I spent a good deal of time building the base and trying to make it 'cooler'...and now that it's done nobody will ever see it. All they'll see is the big ol' plain legs. I deliberately wanted the legs 10-12" inside the top to keep them out of the way of chairs since this table will actually be used. It's not necessarily a 'pretty' table, and I'm not keen on the design...but it fit the needs of the customer, and we were making a concious effort to keep the cost down...so 'functional' may be a fair description. It is, however, huge...and since it went together pretty well (all things considered), I'll crow a little.
Somebody else prepared the veneered panels, but after that I have about 23 days in the building, and two in the finishing. It's 'stained' with Minwax natural stain/sealer, and shot with three moderately heavy coats of SW Dull Rubbed Effect PreCat lacquer.
This isn't a real good pic, but it kinda shows how long 28' of table is.
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This is a pretty good representation of the color...
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...and I put this one in because it's the only picture of me with the monster. I'm the one underneath actually working, while the big boys stand around and BS. Together they put something on the order of 650 pounds up there while I attached the top to the apron.
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From the time we drove up to the time we left was right at 3-1/2 hours. I'm awfully gald it's gone...
Happy Monday to all...