DIY - Walnut Trestle Table 

Hi Paul. Just stopping in to say there's no ill will on my part. We have a pretty tight community and folks mean well when they stop by and try to urge someone to call out their influences. But in this case, you did mention the influence of the wedged tenons, so thank you for that. Even if you did take influence from other aspects of the build, I don't really care. I make my projects and videos specifically to encourage people to get inspired and build their own. I don't sell my pieces and I don't discourage people from making exact copies and selling those. Now if someone reproduces my plans or tries to mass-produce my stuff, that would be a problem. But that's not what's happening here. Truth be told, I'd be a total hypocrite if I got upset about your build. EVERYTHING I build is a product of the many things I've seen in the world of furniture. Sometimes I see something and lock it away in my sub-conscious. So much so that I can even convince myself that the idea is somewhat unique when it eventually pops into my head again. But in reality, nothing I make is original. Instead, it's a remix of other peoples' work through the years. Just as their work is likely a remix of work that occurred before theirs. And when it comes to trestle tables, especially ones with a modern aesthetic, there's only so much variety. My rule of thumb is to call out influences when appropriate and with as much honesty as I can and I feel like that's what you did here. So, carry on. And hey, at least you got a couple more views. :)

I like the subtle introduction of new tools through this process. A new wood project is another excuse to buy new tools...just dont tell my wife!

REAL WOODWORKING with failing tools, a mistake here and there, even blown circuits and lots of sawdust. Thank you for this realistic video. Very informative instructions. Fantastic table.

What a beautiful table. I am impressed. You even found a creative new camera-angle on chiseling mortises

Always appreciated when someone takes their valuable time to help others with a process. Bravo!

I've watched jimmy diresta , jay bates , wood whisper, and Matt. You sir are just as good and inspiring. Nice to see a normal guy who probably has a other job , working with no fancy tools in a dirty shop,making such a great looking piece. I hope my table comes out half as good as yours. I will have to watch your video 50 times while doing mine . Good luck sir keep up the good work

This walnut table is an absolute Masterpiece. Good job. Well done. You nailed it.

wow placing the metal straight edge to check the straight edge of your walnut boards was a learning experience for me. I've been woodworking for years and it never occurred to me. I learn something all the time watching these videos.

I love it! And that's how most of my projects go too! It's woodworking for the rest of us and it's awesome. Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together for us. The table turned out great!

That is going to be an heirloom table for your grandkids! With a video they can watch to see you and how you made it. Very nicely built with what seems to be the same type tools I have in my garage. I’m actually building a walnut table now and sitting here looking at the top pieces I’m going to glue up after they acclimate from all the cutting and planing. My design will be different but must say I like the way you put yours together! Thanks for sharing.

@The Wood Whisperer, you Sir are a true gentleman. Nice work Paul!

Like this very much. A great job and video. When you talked about the fear of blowing through the top while drilling I relived my own mistake. My beautiful trestle table was finished and I was drilling it to fasten it to the legs and yep... With three more holes and some dowels I made it look like it was intentional. Keep up the good work.

Well done man! Beautiful table! Exactly what I want to build!

Love the video for several reasons.....1) My shop tools and your shop tools are pretty much on par. No offense to the Wood Whisperer, who I love, but I don't have the tools that guys does. Nice to see someone make quality stuff with a modest shop. 2) High quality video shots. I like the perspective of many shots that showed detail from angles you wouldn't normally see. 3) Length of video and time spent on each step was perfect. Very nice job and thanks for posting.

Nice job Paul I like the contrast walnut-maple-the finished product is beautiful-walnut is so rich looking

Beautiful work, I am blowing my single breaker constantly...I totally get! Thanks for taking the time to document your process, and of course sharing it with the world too ;-)

Beautifull table! Nice work Mr. Price!

Awesome build. I don't have all the tools to build this table, but it was very interesting to watch and the end product was gorgeous!

What a great piece to have in your home! Seems like the sort of thing that will last for generations. Thanks for the vid mate - got a sub from Aus.

A couple of things. 1) The table came out beautiful dude, great job. 2) I can relate to all the mishaps you encountered during the build. Those sort of things happen all the time to me haha. Again, great job, and +1 subscriber!

Nice work! I have that jointer. It does a surprisingly good job. Still, I think I'm going to replace it with a more substantial 8" jointer in the near future. I'm always worried when I watch the aluminum fence start to bend slightly when I run a heavy piece through. I'm going to make a trestle table soon and I hope it turns out as nice as yours.

Fantastic table sir. Nice job!

Obviously the table is amazing and a great design but the wood is stunning - nice choice.

hi what a really good video. I am planning on making a table just like this but with English oak. I love to see someone who has the same difficulties that I do, only I have to work outside so I am dependant on the UK weather. keep up the good work

Gorgeous table. Great job.

Hey man. First of all amazing build I have to say that. The other thing is that I realized you mentioned an up down bit to mortise the breadboard end. I’m my experience rather than using on of those compression bits it’s better to use just a upcut bit. Works everytime

This is my first viewing of one of your videos, Paul. Nice work on both the table and the video, very informative. Just ignore the bullsh*t and keep making nice stuff. Subbed.

Great job!! I hope to build something similar when I get my shop set up.

Beautiful table really nice work

Beautiful job sir! Bravo!

awesome video. I am working on my table myself and will use threaded inserts for the screws and epoxy them in place. I think it will be more durable then wooden threads. For the rest, love the reality of woodworking you show us.

Beautiful table, and excellent video!

Man you really did all of that the hard way. But beautiful table in the end. Glad you admit mistakes though. Most people dont. Respect on the project. Keep up the good work.

Really nice and simple table , explain very clear , I enjoy to watch the video .

Excellent work - nice design

Beautiful results. Well done.

Hey, great end product and a wonderful learning experience. Pretty gutsy using such expensive wood! Nice

Great product!!! Would buy again.

Great job woodworking brother.

That shot @ 10:03 was awesome to watch. Great video.

Nice work man! You persevered. I feel for ya, the first 3 years I did any kind of woodworking I didn't have a shop, just a busted up rigid table saw and a drill outside in the wind and rain and I felt like it was always this battle to attain success in my projects (the breaker tripping mid way through the cut was something of a regular occurrence for me too! Soooo frustrating). The fact that you can do this quality of work with those kind of obstacles in place as a momentary constant is very inspiring. Keep up the good work!

Very nice I built one almost just like it with pine a few years back, she wanted pine for the rustic look.

Beautiful work

Some lovely camera work Paul.

have you looked into building a sled jointer jig for your planer? it's worked wonders for me, sucks being limited to only 6in wide boards. Great build btw

Man, everything you went through I go through on every project. But we work with what we have and do our best. Great video Paul. I'm getting ready to build a dining table and if you don't mind, I'll use some of your cool camera angles as well.

Great shot from underneath the mortess on those feet

Parabéns muito bem feito show, uma pergunta que marca é esta biscoiteira sua?

I really love this video.

Beautiful Job Paul, great video and you can tell John M to go to He$$. Anyone that builds any project has seen inspiration somewhere. I've seen Marc"s table too and you are right, the only real similarity is the Maple. Most of the people that gripe about stuff like that are people that couldn't put the table together if you gave them the parts and an instructional video. Besides that, at least he is here watching your videos, and he isn't going anywhere. New subscriber here. Thanks.

Nice job mate

Beautiful.

That's a great looking table. That will last a lifetime. Thank you for sharing. One question and please don't take this as a insult. But instead of replacing your table saw with a smaller motor why not upgrade the wire and breaker to 20 amp 15 amp is going to always be a problem in a shop. Just thinking long term problem solutions. Thanks again for a great project video. GW

хоть я тебя и не понимаю, но мастерство выполнения - просто класс! однозначно лайк и подписка

Nice work

Awesome stuff!! Just beautiful! Btw, what’s the name of the intro song?

Paul me gusto el tutorial de la mesa y me descargue los PDF para hacerlo. Me gustaría saber si no tiene los PDF de sillas para esa mesa. Gracias un saludo desde Argentina

Table turned out great... Can tell you have watched a lot of Frank Howarth in your narration.

Very nice build. lf I could make a suggestion, it would be to show a few more seconds (15 or so) of the finished product, so we could really appreciate your beautiful work. TU

Beautiful work, no concern or issues with wood movement by just bolting the top on?

Woodworking has been a product of inspiration and design theft for literally thousands of years. Taking someone elses work, and incorporating your own design elements is what makes it your own. The people crying that you "stole" from Marc are ludicrous; and likely oversee that many of Marc's designs are also "thefts" if they want to get technical. This is YOUR table, its your design, your elements, your craftsmanship. Ignore the haters; I really enjoyed your process video and thanks for showing your errors too. Great video, and the table came out most excellent!

Great job

One decent demonstration of craftsmanship with out horrible hampering music to accompany and lettings viewing pleasurable and learning 👋👋👋👋

That's Beautiful man.....Beautiful :)

great job

You should build a jointer sled for your planer then you could joint up to 13” , I’ve seen a couple cool designs for them but I’m to lazy to build one

Nice table. I am interested in making one very similar out of white oak. Do you have a set of plans or just eyeball it? What are the rough dimensions of the table?

Very informative, ty. Also not all of us can afford a shop full of all the latest tools. I know the struggle.

Muy buen diseño excelente

Beautiful 👏

cool work

Good work

Well done

Great job bro, where did you get the walnut planks and how much was total build? Im in houston Tx and that walnut would cost an arm and leg.

Real beaut! you must have like 1500 in walnut and maple throughout this video.

Great work! Will you be doing more videos like this soon?

I like the idea of using the shorter center pieces in the uprights to create the mortice. Seems like you could have done the same thing with the feet and "arms" to eliminate the need to chop our the mortice.

Great job. You may already know this, but you could have used your table saw for the dados. Might have been easier (some people prefer the router). Good luck!

Looks great! What poly did you use for that finish?

impressive!

From chile.... beautiful job

Nice!

Not easy to work in enclosed spaces. Nicely done.

Hi Paul. Love the video and the table. I am totally new to woodworking, so I have tons of questions. I've watched a bunch of videos this week. My question for you or anyone is regarding the end-cap on the table. can dowels be used there? I watched a video on youtube using pocket screws everywhere, but the comments seemed to suggest this was a terrible idea, so I'm trying to learn about other joinery. Thanks in advance for any help.

Woodworkers rock!

Hey man I see that you are using a bench top jointer with in feed and out feed tables you added on later. How does that work with adjusting the height of the out feed table when you manipulate your cutting depth? Just curious on how you put that together.

Very nicely done! Off the main subject, but what camera/mic did you use to make the video?

beautiful job, and what camera and lens did you use? It looks perfect.

How has the porter cable jointer been holding up? I had 2 cutter head shaft wearing out. Yes I had play in cutter head thought is was a bearing, porter cable replaced it, the second one had same issue after 200 board ft or so. They have replaced the bearing to a needle type, just wondering if I am the only one with this issue. I have since gone to a cutech, same planer just has a helical cutter head. No issue after a 1000 board ft.

How do you only have 5000 subs?!? New one here brother!

Great work! What was roughly the cost for materials for this table?

I need a dewalt ... barely any top snipe

Beautiful work,next time try not to use an orbital sander on a flat surface like that..it can leave dips or unwanted swirl marks.I hand scraper works best.

Nice table mate really like the maple in it. Do you have the dimensions for this build ?

How many coats of polyurethane did you use and btw I'm not on your level of craftsmanship but you could of used your router and a plunger to get that screw setting ..I believe..great job btw wish I had your skills and patiences lol

Good

Beautiful - hvad thickness did you use for the table top?

poca luz no se aprecia bien, será que lo hiciste tarde el trabajo mm plop??

Trial and error 👍🏼😎

Do you have any dimensions that you can share on the legs.