The surly Table Project Course

This online project course will guide you through building the Surly Eating Table. The course covers options for a variety of sizes and configurations.

All options include digital templates with the option to purchase physical (MDF) templates. 

The table is shown here in White Oak with a 48” Round Top, and is 29” tall. 

Purchase

Surly Eating Table — $90

+ Physical (MDF) Templates — $125 - $130

Project overview & wood selection chapter previews

Plans Includes:

  • 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).

  • Option to purchase physical MDF templates (where applicable)

  • Stickers to commemorate your honorary induction into the (exclusive) Foureyes Furniture Fabrication Family (FFFF). In other words, we're sending you a sticker.

Chapter List:

  • 1 - Welcome & Project Overview

  • 2 - Wood Selection

  • 3 - Circle Top Glue-up

  • 4 - Cutting Circle Top

  • 5 - Table Top Edge Profile

  • 6 - Making Base Part Blanks

  • 7 - Initial Base Part Shaping

  • 8 - Cutting Joint Faces

  • 9 - Assembling Base Parts

  • 10 - Trimming Top of Leg Assemblies

  • 11 - Final Leg Shaping

  • 12 - Assembling Base

  • 13 - Fixing Base Wobble

  • 14 - Attaching Top to Base

  • 15 - Cutting Leg Edge Profile

  • 16 - Sanding & Finishing

  • 17 - Thank You

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 or Jig Saw

  • Domino or Doweling Jig or Pocket Hole Jig

  • Random Orbit Sander

  • Drill

Router Bits (links provided in plans)

  • Template / Flush Trim Bit

  • Round Over Bits (optional)

  • Chamfer Bit (optional)

Materials (specifics and options given in plans, and any species works)

  • 4/4 or 5/4 hardwood for table top

  • 8/4 hardwood for base pieces

* Roughly 40-60BF depending which variation of the piece you build (specifics are covered in the plans)

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