A friend brought me three 10' long church pews. He wanted them cut down to 4' long and build a table from the remaining wood. The catch was he wanted to keep the finish that was on the pews. The pews had been used in his church for over 60 years. When I removed one of the ends 2 pennies from 1956 fell out. They were made of SYP and had been repaired once before with dry wall screws. Thanks to the guys at Klingspor's The woodworking Shop for helping me to figure what stains to use to hide my repairs and saw cuts. I used lacquer to top coat what I stained. My friend was really happy with the way they turned out.