Going back in time...

Some time in August I decided to make a table.  More accurately, the table created itself. We needed a table.  Not a Home Depot special but one that would seat 20 people and be unique.  I was at McGuire Lumber getting something to fix some broken thing and I saw wood.  Stunning, warm planks of thick long pine that you wanted to rub your face on.  Marilyn Monroe wood.  Or Erik Estrada.  Wood with a 12 pack.  I loaded it in Truck (the name for my husband Erick's Ford F-250) and brought it home.  Here's the adventure of table making by a non woodworker.

The planks are 18X8X3.  They were raw cut and
needed a ton of sanding!

This is joining with an awesome tool called a biscuit cutter.  Thanks ever so much to me neighbor Tom Latimer for lending it to me and above all, teaching me all about it!

The magic wood shop

See... It is the Erik Estrada of wood!

Here are the grooves for the bench legs.

Child labor.  Nice work Zoe!

The final product is a 15 foot table with six benches.  Let the feasts begin!