Walnut slab coffee table I just delivered..

[Kyle]

Here is a slab coffee table for a mountain cabin for a customer. The size is 36"x 48" long and the top is 2" thick. Base is also slab walnut that allows the top to float. Finished with 5 coats of Danish Oil and topped off with 4 ought steel wool.

 

[Terry]

Nice looking table Kyle! Terry

 

[Steve D]

That will be quite the conversation piece, nice work! I'm curious why you didn't do butterflies on the crack on the other side too, was the one more severe?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[Kyle]

the other inclusion is actually the pith of a limb that came out of the reverse side of the tree. The chance of expansion for that opening is slim to none.

 

[jeff...]

Kyle, that table is awesome, great work, great table and great looking wood, what more can I say? but WOW, crotch slab at that, nice 8-O

 

[Splinter]

Nice looking table, Kyle. That should hold several cups of coffee. :lol: I bet that looks great in a mountain cabin.

 

[cpowell]

Wow, Kyle that looks great! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

That fits very well in a cabin environment.

I've never used butterflies before. Do you hand cut the butterflies with a chisel?

Chuck

 

[Kyle]

yep.. the butterflys or bowties or hourglasses are cut out on the bandsaw and sanded then I trace with a razor and chisel out to 1/2" depth. It really doesn't take that long. Set the B,B or H into the setting with regular glue and sand.


If you guys are interested at some point maybe next summer after my house is built I could have a rustic slab furniture class for either benches or coffee tables at the mill. I think once you build one..you will be hooked

 

[jeff...]

If you guys are interested at some point maybe next summer after my house is built I could have a rustic slab furniture class for either benches or coffee tables at the mill. I think once you build one..you will be hooked

Count me in :eusa_danc

 

[NZAPP1]

That table is AWESOME :icon_thum :eusa_clap Count me in

 

[sapwood]

Kyle, that's a magnificent piece! Heck, it might just hold Steve Coles coffee cup :lol: And though someone may spill a drink on it . . . they won't be tipping the table over :icon_thum

Roger

 

[PeteM]

Kyle - How did you flatten the top? Hand plane, power plane, belt sander? or do you have a 36" jointer hiding in your shed ;-)

pete

 

[Kyle]

Pete

Used a bosch power hand plane and a piece of angle aluminum to check for level. Extruded aluminum doesn't bend and is as flat a surface as anything made.

Its surprisingly fast to level a large surface once the "pattern" is used.

 

[Travis Porter]

That is cool. I have yet to determine what is nice and what isn't in rustic when I build it. When I do it, it looks more "disposable".:roll:

 

[Scamp]

If you guys are interested at some point maybe next summer after my house is built I could have a rustic slab furniture class for either benches or coffee tables at the mill. I think once you build one..you will be hooked

That is something I'd be very interested in. Let me know if you hold the class. I'll bring doughnuts!