On Jul 5, 9:32*pm, RonB wrote:
On Jul 5, 5:53*pm, Lee Marrett wrote:

Hi,

I'm just beginning to learn the craft. I've been doing a fair amount of reading and I decided a good starter project would be an outdoor table.

After some searching, the basic outdoor table found at ana white's blog (http://ana-white.com/2010/04/plans-s...ing-table.html) seems like a simple thing to make to get my confidence boosted.

Has anyone made this table before, or would there be a better one out there to start with?

many thanks

Lee

That looks like a good starter project. *What part of the country are
you from? *The reason I ask is the table in the photo looks like it
might be made of redwood. *If so, redwood will finish up beautifully
without a lot of special finish training. *But it can be pricy if you
don't live in the western US region. *I just built a couple of
Adirondack chairs from redwood and they finished very nicely with a
simple wiping varnish/oil mixture.

RonB

On closer inspection it is probably made of stained pine -
construction grade 2x and 1x lumber? You could probably beef the
legs up a little by laminating two 2x4's instead of the single
shown. Messing with the plans is part of the fun of woodworking.

It would still look great in Redwood ;o)

RonB