Submitted by malbers on Tue, 01/08/2013 - 11:06

Just need to stain it.

I'm pretty impressed with myself, thanks for the plans!

Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate

Comments

ryanjami

Tue, 01/08/2013 - 12:56

Looks great. I am planning to build the same table, but wasn't sure what wood to use. I noticed you used pine. I am curious where did you find yours because at our big box stores the Pine is really expensive.

malbers

Tue, 01/08/2013 - 13:10

It's really just construction lumber. Construction lumber is usually cut out of pine as far as I know. The 2x4 and 2x6 boards are just plain old lumber. Just go through and look for straight ones.

The 1x6 boards were the tricky ones for me. Our Menards regional hardware/lumber store carries cedar also, but that is much different. If you just find the aisle with the 1xanything boards, that's what I used. They came in a 'standard' board and a 'Select' board, I used the standard boards; but you use these 1x6x8ft boards to make the table top and it's kind of difficult to find good, straight ones in the standard pile. If they aren't really straight you get gaps in your table top. But, the Select boards are like 4 times the cost $3 something versus $12 something per board, and you need 6 of them, so that adds up.

So you could just ask for the construction lumber when you get there and see if that works.

Also, I had to go back for one more 2x6x10ft board. The amount you are told to buy vs. the cut list didn't add up.