Those casters will go on the table. It will make the large table easy to move for cleaning and maybe special processing.COOL, will it have the casters in his new home or were they for something else?
For some shop shots, here's some process photos of that table. Not as awe inspiring as some of the projects above, but it was a fun and challenging project.
cutting the mortises in the legs
cutting the tenons on the apron boards
Pressure gluing the fastening cleat to the apron boards
Long side glued up
inside detail
Frame glued up and being lacquered. The thing under the white sheet is the jointer. It doesn't like overspray.
Portable power tools used
top being trimmed
corners being detailed
Top detailed, edge sanded and ready for a finish on the edge
Lower shelf being cut.