longview dining table + chair Project Courses
These online project courses will guide you through building the Longview Dining Table and/or Chairs. The course covers how to build the table in a variety of sizes.
All options include digital templates with the option to purchase physical (MDF) templates.
The table is shown here in Cherry Hardwood and measures 96” x 43” x 29.5”. The chair is shown in Beech hardwood.
Purchase
+ Physical (MDF) Templates - $210
Welcome & Wood Selection Chapter Previews
Step-by-step instructional videos
Dimensional Drawings and Diagrams (imperial and metric)
SVG files of all template pieces (for CNC cutting)
PDF files of all template pieces (for printing). Click here to learn how to print full size paper templates (across multiple sheets of paper).
Longview Dining Sticker to commemorate your honorary induction into the (exclusive) Foureyes Furniture Fabrication Family (FFFF). In other words, we're sending you a sticker.
Chapter List:
Dining Table
1 - Welcome & Project Overview
2 - Wood Selection
3 - Base overview & Rough Cutting Parts
4 - Template Shaping Individual Parts
5 - Cutting Joint Faces
6 - Joinery and Glue-up for Leg Assemblies
7 - Template Shaping Leg Subassembly
8 - Cutting Legs to Length
9 - Making & Attaching Upper Stretchers
10 - Cutting Base Join Bevels
11 - Base Assembly Joinery & Glue-Up
12 - Base Subassembly Dado Jig
13 - Cutting Base Subassembly Dado Joint
14 - Making Long Base Stretchers
15 - Cutting Vertical Leg Edge Profile
16 - Complete Base Glue-Up & Sanding
17 - Making the Table Top
18 - Shaping the Table Top
19 - Table Top Bevel
20 - Attaching the Base to the Top
21 - Sanding and Finishing
22 - Thank You & Goodbye
Dining Chair
1 - Welcome & Project overview
2 - Wood Selection
3 - Roughing Out Chair Side Pieces
4 - Back & Leg Subassemblies
5 - Rough Shaping & Cutting Joint Faces
6 - Assembly & Final Shaping of Chair Sides
7 - Making the Seat
8 - Seat Joinery
9 - Making the Slatted Version of the Seat
10 - Making the Seat Back
11 - Making the Stretchers
12 - Attaching the Stretchers & Back
13 - Edge Details
14 - Glue-Up
15 - Sanding & Finishing
16 - Thank You & Goodbye
Tools, Hardware, and Materials
This is not a comprehensive list. Just some guidelines, and a list of the major tools, bits, and hardware that we used. Obviously we don't know what you have, but even with a much more modest workshop, it's highly likely that you can still find a way to complete this project. Skill and patience will always take you further than another tool.
Tools
Table Saw
Jointer
Planer
Circular Saw (or Track Saw)
Router
Band Saw / Jig Saw
Domino (or Doweling Jig)
Random Orbit Sander
Drill
Router Bits (links provided in plans)
straight or spiral bit
Template / Flush Trim Bit
Round Over Bit
Hardware (links provided in plans)
Threaded Inserts
Machine Screws
Washers
Materials (specifics and options given in plans, and any species works)
5/4 hardwood for table top
6/4 hardwood for base pieces
scrap plywood or MDF for jig making
* Roughly 65 BF (specifics are covered in the plans)