In this video, Mike Montgomery from Modern Builds shares his project of building a dining table and matching benches using 2x4s. He begins by cutting the 2x4s to length and removing the rounded corners using a Ryobi electric hand planer. He then glues up the tabletop and benches, sands them, and cuts them to length. For the legs, he uses 4" x 1/4" hot rolled steel and cuts it to length using an angle grinder with a cut-off wheel. He welds the legs together using a flux core MIG welder and attaches them to the tabletop. However, he realizes that the legs have a wobble due to the flex in the steel, so he adds a 2" wide piece of steel as reinforcement. He also brands the bottom of the table with a custom branding iron from Budget Branding Irons. After adding the reinforcement, the table becomes perfectly rigid, and he finishes it with a couple coats of Minwax polycrylic.
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1. The speaker's name is Mike Montgomery.
2. Mike built a dining table and matching benches using 2x4s.
3. The first step in building the table was to cut the 2x4s to length.
4. Mike used a miter saw with a stop block to cut the 2x4s.
5. He removed the rounded corners of the 2x4s to make them more presentable.
6. Mike used a Ryobi electric hand planer to remove the rounded corners.
7. The hand planer takes off about 1/8 inch per pass.
8. Mike glued up the tabletop in three sections.
9. He used a planer to smooth out the edges of the glued-up tabletop.
10. Mike used a Ryobi 18v alt palm router to create a dado for the metal legs.
11. He used an angle grinder with a cut-off wheel to cut the metal to length.
12. Mike put a slight bevel on the corners of the metal that would be welded.
13. He used a flux core MIG welder to weld the metal legs.
14. The welder requires no gas and can be plugged into a 110-volt outlet.
15. Mike used black oxide drill bits to drill through the metal.
16. He counter-sank the holes for the screws.
17. Mike used stainless steel star head screws.
18. The table had a wobble due to the flexing of the metal legs.
19. He added a 2-inch wide piece of steel as reinforcement to fix the wobble.
20. Mike used a branding iron from Budget Branding Irons to brand the bottom of the table.
21. He applied a couple coats of Minwax polycrylic to finish the table and benches.
22. The benches are exactly half the width of the tabletop.
23. The table and benches were sanded with 150 and 220 grit sandpaper.