What Should We Do With This Slab?

logriteofficial · April 23, 2021, 08:51:52 AM

Friday fun at the mill!

Kevin used the SlabMizer to create this white oak slab that we think looks like a mustache. :D :D :D
Help us figure out what we should turn this slab into... as it is a little bit too heavy for Kevin to use as facial hair.

Downstream · April 23, 2021, 09:26:21 AM

When I was doing live edge furniture these kinds of slabs always made my mind go crazy.
Here are a couple of quick thoughts.
1. If you had 2 younger kids make a double desk/craft table. Mount entire slab to legs or wall and each kid gets one of the curved areas for their work space.
2. display table for craft store/booth
3. cut in half and make matching firepit benches for opposite sides of the pit. I would do this with curved logs and had good luck selling to customers.
4. bar top

This should get the game started. Lets hear from this creative group.

Southside · April 23, 2021, 09:50:33 AM

I would suggest that you sell it to member @UncleMoustache

Happy to take a bottle of Blue Creeper in lieu of my commission. :D

metalspinner · April 23, 2021, 10:03:37 AM

I would think a barber shop would be interested as an indoor piece of wall art.

21incher · April 23, 2021, 10:11:29 AM

Build a giant bird that hangs from the ceiling of your store. A new Logrite mascot from prehistoric times.

Don P · April 23, 2021, 07:29:41 PM

It looks like it would make a good courting chair (bench) with room for a chaperone.
Or flip it over and use it for the back of a pew style bench.

tule peak timber · April 23, 2021, 07:52:50 PM

As I mentioned earlier today, invert and use for a headboard. Use the scraps from the log to build twin bedside tables. Each should have a single drawer and a shelf underneath and if done correctly, flow the grain of the headboard into the top of each table. To the right customer, that would bring a lot of $. WOC

UncleMoustache · April 25, 2021, 01:11:58 PM

Quote from: Southside on April 23, 2021, 09:50:33 AM
I would suggest that you sell it to member @UncleMoustache

Happy to take a bottle of Blue Creeper in lieu of my commission. :D

That's awesome! I would definitely buy that. You anywhere near St. Louis?

logriteofficial · April 26, 2021, 02:28:25 PM

:D :D :D Oh man, what a perfect fit that would be! Logrite is in Connecticut so unfortunately we are a little bit far from you.

low_48 · April 27, 2021, 11:48:46 PM

3 kid desk top.

kantuckid · May 02, 2021, 10:07:28 AM

Quote from: tule peak timber on April 23, 2021, 07:52:50 PM
As I mentioned earlier today, invert and use for a headboard. Use the scraps from the log to build twin bedside tables. Each should have a single drawer and a shelf underneath and if done correctly, flow the grain of the headboard into the top of each table. To the right customer, that would bring a lot of $. WOC

I shared in your idea before I read your comment. I was thinking it could be used whole or bandsawed narrower but following the natural curve depending on the design choice.