Black Walnut, 2 bookmatched slices (the 2 center slices with pith), 34" wide x63" The fold down piece is 20" long. The client will set this on top of a peninsula cabinet, kitchen on 1 side and living room on the other, with the hang down part on the end of the cab. They are going to off set it toward the LR so about 12" of the existing counter top is on the kitchen side. They will raise it about 6" up off of the counter top. It makes a bar top with leg room on the LR side and the space underneath is for storage (napkins/coasters/salt pepper etc) Before clear water based finish Looks like I need to clean the lense. The boards have: 2 Faces Freckles A split in half copper jacket bullet (yep I got luck and split it in half when milling) 2 Crotches
Nice work, you are a great finisher. I like how your finished the elbow, blends in nicely. And here I am looking all over the place for the round. Did the owners mind having the spent round in the finished project? And welcome to FHC if I forgot it earlier
Howdy I hope I posted these in the right area. The bullet was a bonus to the customer. The elbow part was ease because the 2 boards started out at 8' so it was pretty easy to keep the patterns together.
Will do. For those who mill this is a fun project: Soft Maple, 2 bookmatched slices , 10' x 26. Going to be an Island counter top
phenomenal work! I need to do something with my pin oak slabs I milled on a CSM a few years ago.. this thread might have convinced me to get motivated.
solid, do you put a coat of finish on the underside of stuff as well? I'm not seeing any on the Walnut piece.
I want to make a huge dinner table. And a thick cut coffee table. this was an oak on my property. bunch of 1 1/2" slabs and a 4" slab for the coffee table. 28" wide x 10' long.
Yes I apply the same qty of finish on each side. I use the Grizzly double head drum sander to sand each half of the top. Then a bunch of biscuits.
Looks like you Through Sawed the log so there are a bunch of bookmatched slices to choose from. I'm guessing 2 boards wide top? Oooo Location Ohio , or I'd offer to kiln dry them. I was born/raised in Cincinnati.
yeah two boards wide for the dinner table, and one for the coffee table. They have been stacked in an open shed for 2.5 years with weight on them. Not sure how long I should let them sit and dry. not sure how I want to do the legs for either table yet.
On the hanging down part. At the center bottom one on the left (the one with the copper jacket) right side is the mating hole (the copper and lead fell out of it and went through the planer)
I pick where I would like the joint line to be (on each half), saw off the cut off edge, double head drum sand the 2 pieces, jointer the 2 edges, biscuits, glue together. The boards are about 63" long so not real hard to handle on the jointer. If the boards were much bigger I'd use a straight edge and router to straighten the edges.
