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Comment by Steve on October 21, 2012 at 8:17pm

If it was for the kitchen, I would do the framing underneath a bit more decorative. I am actually thinking about doing a kitchen table. Taking the edges off the shiplap so I have a flat edge, joining them with kreg screws or using a biscuit cutter or cutting my own tongue and groove in the table top planks(shiplap). The shiplap we have in New England, is from white pine, a terribly soft wood, but the grain gives a beautiful look when finished with stain and polyurethane  I of course would glue the seams on the table top so that the seams would be water tight. The legs would possibly be from 2x4s, probably spruce. trimmed down a bit to get rid of the 2x4 look or maybe I could use 4x4 or 3x3 timbers. 4x4s are just too bulky. Shiplap is $6.12 for an 8' piece at Home Depot, it is about the cheapest wood you can buy, I'm talking about solid real wood, not some synthetic junk, and with a little innovation can be turned into a beautiful functional piece of furniture. White pine does have its limitations in strength and softness, but overall it has worked pretty good for me.

Comment by David Dean on October 21, 2012 at 7:40pm

it looks like it would be a better center table than a work bench wish I had the room for one mien is on wheel.