Making a Farmhouse Table and Island with Rustic Reclaimed Redwood and Breadboard Ends

Hello there, and thank you for stopping by! This is the first build video I've made, so here goes nothing.

I started eleven fourteen-foot planks of reclaimed old growth redwood I picked up in Petaluma, California. The reclaimed lumber dealer got this wood from an old water tower at the Bodega Bay Marine Biology Institute, and it was sixty-something years old.

Going off of my digital sketch, I cut the planks to rough length on my miter saw. I then milled the lumber on my Grizzly G0813 6" jointer, and lightly planed the tops with the DeWalt DW735 planer. I made light passes in the planer to keep the character of the old wood as opposed to trying to expose all "new" redwood beneath the surface. Once I squared them up on the table saw, it was time for the joinery.

I joined all of the planks using biscuits and glue, doing half of the table at a time to compensate for the quickly setting glue (and reduced stress). I routed the edges to form tongues for the breadboard ends on both the dining table and island top. For the breadboard end grooves themselves, I made multiple passes over the table saw to sneak up on the fit. I pegged them in, gluing only the center portion of the breadboards.

For finish, I brushed on multiple coats of Minwax oil-based polyurethane, sanding lightly between each coat.

I made the table base frame, but used some old legs from my client's previous table.

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