The new Chief (my successor after the wee heart attack thing) asked me to use my limited skills to make a table for the apparatus floor. Commonly known as the 'liar's table'. Many of us meet for morning coffee, lunch and generally hang out there. The present table is often quite crowded. I'm building a 4' by 10' heavy oak table which will have our department crest epoxied into the top. These are popular in fire halls across North America. It's being built in secret, and will just appear late one night. 

I ran the top planks through the planer to to get uniform thickness and smooth finish.

I cut the leg pieces at 30", finished length will be 29 1/8 which will result in table top being 30" when added.

I made test cuts to waste pieces to figure out how I'm going to do the compound cuts to the legs to tenon in the apron rails. Combination of band saw, carefully adjusted and stopped table saw cuts, Japanese draw saw and and chisel work. I used my drawing software to make a drawing for the leg cuts.

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There isn't a piece of metal in the whole table. All joinery, biscuits and dowels. Old school.

The top has eight layers of finish,

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A small group transported it late one night from my shop to the fire hall in time for a Christmas surprise for the crew.

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