You've gotten several good suggestions here. However, before any of them, I'd
suggest you wet with water and heat steam the scratches. Any wood expansion
you get will make the repair easier.
GerryG

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:59:18 -0500, Harry Everhart wrote:

I have a 3 x 5 yellow pine table top. It was damaged in moving - a metal
object was scratching the top for 1000 miles. It scratched up a 6 inch
square pretty badly. We like the table a lot - it has a plain oil
finish. The scratches are too deep to sand out. I need some tips on how
to finish it and make it presentable. I would like to re-stain it and
put a glossy finish over that. We eat three meals a day on this table
and wipe it often - how do I get rid of the deep scratches? I have a
palm sander and tried to sand the scratches out but they are to deep.