Restaurant Booth Project

The depth of the grain really pops with the finish. Excellent work.

 

Seriously, Shawn quit your day job! I want to see those in person. Big money Shawn I'm tellin ya'

 

Thanks! Don't think I'm gonna quit the day job just yet, but Greg and I talked about possible projects down the road.

Considering the amount of labor and materials that go into a project like this, we'd have to be talking pretty good money to even consider it. If I was sawing all this lumber into cutting boards instead I could have made dozens of them and I'd probably be done already.

Finish is coming along nicely on the tables.



Parts for the benches were too right up until I took the last pic and my table saw decided it had enough. It seemed like it blew a fuse but the motor was really hot and it wasn't a fuse. I could probably finish up with the bandsaw or maybe take the parts to my dad's and use his. I really hope it decides to start working again - losing that will be a major setback.

 

That sucks.
Is that a hang behind motor ?
Does the motor have a reset ?

 

yeah, like hd said there should be a reset button ,let it cool hit the button and you should be all set ,tables look great

 

Yeah it's a hang behind, but the reset wasn't working last night. I tried it again this morning and were back in business.

 

We've been hitting it pretty hard this week - shooting for a delivery date this coming Wednesday. I think we're in pretty good shape. Got the bench frames cooking. I didnt stop for any progress pics of the parts. Used every last clamp I had.



Bench slabs:

 

Lookin good, solid construction
Y'all ready to knock out a couple hundred more

 

How many jigs did you make for this project?

 

Just one new one I think - this tenon cutting jig - worked great too:

 

Shawn,
No matter what, you never have enough clamps.
Stay with it man you're almost there.

 

Looking forward to seeing the final product. So far, it looks amazing.

 

hang on to that jig,it will work well for raised panels also ,everything looks great shawn ,very nice job

 

Set everything up today before starting on the final sanding and finish. So here's a little sneak preview:

 

dinner party in the garage

 

Shawn, how are the seat pieces being attached to the frames?
Dat's a lotta' dowels.

 

I can see that once they are installed and in place, they will become a tourist attraction for Hoarders. Anyone of us passing through will have to go to the restaurant and sit at those tables. Everyone will be more excited about the furniture than the food.