Buy some stainless steel bed strips and make a table top which will be the dream of every single person who has ever visited this site from its inception!
It needs to become your family's new dining room table! No exception.
I would cut the grooves in the boards deeper so that the bed strips are level with the wood to prevent a beer from being spilled as it is slid across the table. Then I would cover the whole table top with clear resin which is designed for covering table tops, to make it completely smooth.
If the wife resists, threaten her with a replacement, or sell it for big bucks online if she has other redeeming qualities.
You have just unwittingly hit the jackpot. I cannot wait for the pictures of the completed masterpiece.
If you do not do this, you will be dead to me. A table top is just that good of an idea which you have come up with.
Carl
