1 month past the wedding the project was completed in its entirity. The biscuit joints for the top were complete. The doors slid gracefully.  The wine rack was pretty cool - considering it was made out of a flexible copper drain line. The only problem was - I now had to keep it at my house for a year since the newly weds I built it for were living with a parent and lacked the space...I grew fond of this build as it sat in my family room and was saddened the day I had to give it up but was overjoyed by the reaction it received upon delivery and installation.

It is a great feeling creating for yourself but it is more fulfilling creating for others with their preferences in mind. 

Also, if you have never hand planed anything I suggest you give it a go - its like listening to waves hit a beach and the smells that unfold transport you to the forest.

To build a top the wood she be no less than 2" thick but only around 75% of the wood that met my width and length requirements so I had to improvise. How? I only hand planed one side of wood to limit wood waste. Having a rough and unplanned bottom of the table created a challenge for attaching the legs - the solution was to use a hammer and chisel to only remove the areas needed for the legs to attach. The rough side was then palm sanded to 120 grit to prevent splinters.

The boards were connected with biscuit and glue joinery with the flat side facing down on the flat and level garage floor. Once the glue set I then screwed in a piece of wood 60" long to where I wanted the center of the table to be, marked the radius on the board, drilled a hole on the end to hold a pencil, then spun it around to mark my circle. Next, I attempted to use a hand router but found a jigsaw to be more conducive to creating fewer errors. When the circle was roughly cut-out I then took a hand planner to finalize the look and the rounded the edges with a router and then palm sander to finalize the look and create safer edges.