Building a Walnut Table From Start to Finish!

Interested in learning what’s involved in a table build? This tutorial will take you through the process from start to finish... from choosing wood, prepping and joining the boards, to sanding and finishing. Join us as we build a black walnut desk and share valuable tips and ideas to inspire you to create one of your own!

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[GPT.GoldRush]

Awesome lesson on building a walnut table!

[keithearnshaw]

I plan to build a dining table from black walnut and this video has given me some good inspiration. Looks awesome.

[shaneham]

Awesome video! Thanks for the detailed walkthrough. What did the final dimensions end up being?

Also, you kind of look like John Krasinski

[johnwinn]

Very informative video but wondering why the white knuckles while sanding your machines and sand paper will work much better with really light pressure plus won't wear you out

[tomsommer]

Do you dry your wood in a kiln? I have a sawmill in Northwest Arkansas. We have a lot of black walnut here. Right now I have a lot of slabs and board but I just sell them.

[briangurka]

Did you do anything after the few coats of Waterlox? Any type of satin poly?

[oddsman]

The dominoes seem like an unnecessary extra step. I guess it would make it easier to glue multiple planks at the same time instead of adding 1 after 2 dry and focusing on alignment. I don’t know. I might try it.

I worry about the tolerance in the domino joint itself negating any real benefits, especially if it’s going through a planer anyway.

[briangurka]

I noticed in this video you only used Waterlox original finish. But in another video of a live edge cedar you used the original finish and then the satin finish on top of that. Any reason why? I have a piece of walnut that I am turning into a desktop and am not sure what I should do myself

[timxymo]

did you use c channel on the bottom? you also have end grain to long grain, isn't that gonna be a problem?

[dwightfontenot]

How about finishing the backside? Where in the process does that happen?

[BenM]

Watching this in 2022. That walnut would cost more than my condo.

[biggusbestus]

What ? No Kapex miter saw ? I am a Festool guy and I do not have one either. I am also a black walnut fabricator since a tree died on my ranch and was milled up by a friend.

[cjsawinski]

Didn’t even show us how you did the bread boards?! I sure hope they are floating hehehe…

[tobedetermined]

You should change the title for this video. You built a table top and not a table. It is misleading, specially the”from start to finish “ part