How Do You Build A Red Oak Dining Table?
The project of building a dining room table can be enhanced when you make the decision to use red oak. Red oak adds to the beauty, durability, and simplicity to any piece of furniture. To top it off, a handmade dining room table made from red oak can truly become a family heirloom to be handed down for decades without losing its quality or value. To best show off the oak, a classic and simple design for a table creates clean lines and lets the oak be seen. With little skill or woodworking know how, anyone can build a solid red oak dining table. Create a square with four 3-foot 1-by-6-inch red oak boards. This will be the support. Nail the boards together and use wood glue along the joints for added durability. Set a 3-by-3-inch leg inside a corner of the frame. The legs should be 3 feet long. Line up the leg so the top is flush with the edges of the frame. At this point it should look like an upside-down table. Nail the leg to the frame using two nails on each side of the leg. Add glue
