We’re expecting a large crowd for Passover this year (not that anyone’s surprised). Somewhere between 14 and 20 guests all told, about half of them children. But where to seat them?!
We have an assortment of tables but they’re rather hard to work with, most of them round so they can’t fit next to each other, all of them different heights. So yesterday (thanks Sharon for the idea!) I cut up some nice birch plywood and made us a 4’x9′ table that fits neatly into our regular dining room table for a combined length of over 14′. That’s enough for 16 people. If we get 20 we’re going to have to be even more creative.
That was the second-best part, that we now have a nice long table. The best part was that of course I had to buy some new tools.
The Twizzler 
March 22, 2010 at 8:32 am
Nice job! How’d you cut the concave edge with those tools?
March 22, 2010 at 10:52 am
(Shhh! You’re not supposed to let on to Helen that I didn’t *actually* need new tools! I already had a jig saw.)
March 22, 2010 at 11:23 am
Seriously???? I knew I should have bugged the kids with recording devices while they were ‘helping’ you!!!
March 22, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I used the circular saw for the straight cuts. I already had one but it was pretty old and crappy and would probably have needed a couple of recharge cycles to get through one board.
March 22, 2010 at 9:54 pm
I agree with Ben… you’re one special carpenter if you can cut curves with those tools! : D
All in all the table looks great! I think it will work well.
New tools are fun, though, aren’t they! I love my cordless drill!