I agree with you Linda. I would not look through 56 plus pages for something.
My dining room table started with 2.25" fir flooring. Unfortunately I did not take pictures of the build. The boards were glued together on the tongue and groove. The end boards were ripped and routered for a 23" width. I used a biscuit cutter to join the end boards. Everything was glued together with Elmer's woodworking glue. Applied two coats of clear Watco oil and a couple coats of Johnsons paste wax.
I just tried to upload more pictures but was told I could only upload 11.72mb. What happened here? The second picture I put together to show some of the tools I used.