Well, this project proves that I don’t learn my lessons, or that Scott and I are cursed any time we work together on a project!  This behemoth dining room table is over 5′ on each side and features a tabletop that’s 2-1/2″ thick!  Needless to say, the sucker weighs a ton!  It was another job where I would build the thing, then Scott would finish it.  The problem was that for a 4+ foot square table-top, you’re not going to find Alder plywood anywhere, so this became my first crash course in veneer….and probably my last!  After final assembly and sanding, the hot, humid days started to make the veneer bubble, so Scott and I spent days injecting superglue into the bubbles, stamping them down, and covering up the needle marks.  It was miserable.  The finish job was no walk in the park either.  We had zebra stripes, in the tint-coat, more veneer bubbles, tape residue, you name, we had it.  But luckily, after weeks of fuss, it’s all over and out the door….and it doesn’t look half bad either!