![]() ![]() Once the epoxy cures you need to remove the excess to get it back to flat. If you're not familiar with using epoxy you need to look into that a bit more before using it, I'm not going to go into detail here. I'm also making two walnut end tables at the same time as the coffee table, and I experimented with adding black paint to the epoxy on one of the end tables and it turned out pretty neat, I might actually do this for splits and cracks from now on, but I will always use clear epoxy for knots since that's the best looking part. Use some tape (foil tape is the cat's pajamas) to dam up anything you're filling on the edges, and use some putty to make a dam if you want to minimize the runout you will need to sand later. Once you have everything planed sufficiently it's time to fill any knots, splits, and cracking with epoxy. You don't have to get everything perfectly flat or smooth at this point because you will probably plane or at least heavy sand again after the next step. You can also use a hand plane or a router sled jig, if you're not familiar with a router sled just google it, it's your best option using a pretty common tool. ![]() I used a power hand planer to get rid of any saw marks and flatten out a tiny bit of cupping that occurred during the drying process. Once you have your slab the next step is to flatten and smooth is out. So try not to let this situation consume your every thought for the rest of your life, let's just move on to the next step. But being so impatient I decided to risk it and build the table right now anyway, if it has any severe warping or separating I can just fix it at that point. I know, I just said a year per inch thickness, thanks Mom. I had the log for a couple years but only had it cut into a slab for about a year. But aside from being fat, ugly, balding, and impatient I'm also very impatient. Now the general rule of thumb for air drying is you need to wait one year per inch of thickness in the slab. The short story is you just stack the planks on top of each other with a spacer in between them, but if you're going to do this you need to research it more because there are a lot of details that go into this procedure. I don't mill enough lumber to have the first two options make sense, so I went with the air drying method. There are a few ways of doing this you can drop it off at a local lumber dryer and they put it in their dryer for a fee, you can build a homemade drying shack or simple tarp operation, or you can just stack the lumber and let it air dry. After cutting the wood into slabs it needs to be dried. I used a chainsaw mill to cut that giant mamajama into 2.5" slabs, knowing I wanted the finished table thickness to be roughly 2". So after cutting the tree down and hauling it to my house it was time to get slabbin'. One person's trash, am I right? You can basically use any type of tree/wood for this table, I just happen to have gotten walnut. I was fortunate enough to know a guy who told me about a big walnut tree that was going to be removed and chipped up as part of a stream rehabilitation project. But since I'm a card carrying hillbilly I have to make my own. Shipping time varies dependent on location.I'm going to fly through this section because it's certainly much easier and faster to purchase a wood slab. From the time of purchase, please allow 8-10 weeks for production. Essentially, they arrive at your home fully assembled and placed where you want them. We ship white glove, fully insured, in-home delivery. Specs: White Oak OR Maple Plywood Veneer, Commercial grade natural finish This table is modern, architectural, and we absolutely love it! These are made to order so you can customize wood species, finish color, size, etc. ![]() Each table is hand-made with mitered corners from white oak veneer and finished with a beautiful matte commercial-grade finish. This Modern Waterfall Coffee Table is made in the heart of Ohio with locally sourced wood. ![]() *There may be an additional charge on pieces shipped to the West Coast* Price includes FREE white glove shipping. This piece ships free in the continental United States! ![]()
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