My 1st Bar Table

Hi WWF,

I thought I would share my progress on my first bar table. My sister asked if I could make her the following in a nice hard wood.

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After my trip to BIG Red Shed and quoting her $900 in materials the decision was made for a less hard wood 😟 . 41 sticks of 35x70 @ $2.76 a 2400mm length.

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Many hours of prep and it is lamination time

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Time now to make the 2 800x2200 boards that will make the bulk of the table

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Next we sand, sand, sand cut to length and test fit

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All good so time to glue up

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Now time for the striders. Went with some 100mm M14 stainless steel screws. Thought they might look good (not according to SWMBO) and a lot easier then doing it with domino's.

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All that is left now is to source some levelling feet (harder then I was expecting), get some steel angle to protect the lower stider from shoes, stain and work out the best finish.

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Oh and get a mate over to help me flip it over

Its a shame they didn't go for the hardwood but you have done that pine justice. Well done.

First coat of stain is in progress and the results are quite positive.

Planning on 2 more coats and then tossing up if I should put a couple of coats of clear coat

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And the feet also arrived

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I am a bit envious of your clamp collection ..... I'd use a poly finish so the overproof rum doesnt melt the top layer:D

What stain brand and colour is that? I'm 75% through a tas oak dining table and I'm having anxiety as to what colour I want to stain it....

Bar looks good though, hope they don't run the decision to go with pine in the future. I guess the dents will add character [emoji1]

I think using a clear coat over the stain would be a good idea. Just make sure that the clear coat is compatible with the stain so that it does not bleed through. There might be some information on the can of the stain if this is advisable. If you do decide to go that direction grab a test piece and add some stain to that piece allow enough time for the stain to cure and apply the clear coat. At least you don't ruin the work already done for the stain.

Good job the unit looks great

How are the feet going in?

The reason why i ask is, in my experience feet like those end up getting ripped out or badly bent as people have a bad habit of dragging stuff rather than lifting.

The last thing you want is having big chunks of wood missing where someone carelessly decided to move the unit.

Looks great mate. I have a 1.6m glue up (servery window). Any thoughts on a clamp method when you don't have a clamp that long??

With thanks, Chris

Hi Joseseat,

the colour is Northern Tallawood.It is a Cabots oil with an october brown stain as the base.

Hi Chris,

Bar clamps are the way to go. A couple of years ago I puchased half a dozen irwin bar clamps that come in handy all the time. A couple of months ago I needed a 4 meter clamp so bought a 6m length of galv pipe for about $30 I think. I have only used the 4m length once however I have used the 2m offcut a couple if times now ��

Hi Tonzeyd,

for the feet i will drill a 9mm hole and then screw them in. There is about 65mm of thread so I am fairly confident that they should remain in place

Table was delivered on the weekend and is now enjoying its new home.

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Happy Customer

Well done. It looks great.

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Well done. It is a good feeling when one job is completed, now on to the next.

Nice job man, time to down a few beers :-)