Oiling a Catalpa slab table top this morning . It mounts on the steel leg set to left in the pic. 4 inches thick, crazy heavy ! Rob
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35190/big_Catalpa_table__2_2_15.jpg)
beautiful work as always.
do you assemble the legs to the slab in your shop or on site to make shipping a little easier?
do the legs have slotted holes for the bolts/screws? or how is movement compensated for?
That Catalpa is eye popping pretty. smiley_thumbsup
Jueston, Yes the mounting holes are slotted for wood movement. Sometimes we attach the legs here and the customer brings a truck and away they go. This piece is so heavy ,we fit everything and then take it back apart to allow unloading at the other end . This is a minimum 4 man lift top.
Magicman , thanks. I don't get much Catalpa in here but the tabletops are killer popular with the deep chatoyancy .
Wow! :o :o :o
wow awesome!
Super nice and special.
Did you fab the table legs?
hackberry, No , not on this table.
Thats going to be one Dang nice table fer sure. bg
That is a gorgeous slab of wood. Thanks for posting.
If you ever get access to desert willow, Chilopsis linearis the wood is nearly identical, fyi. ;D
That is one nice table.
Nice! as usual,, it seems that you continue to raise the bar with each project,, nice work,
I'm glad you document so much of your work and post it for us to see. It's beautiful!!!
Just beautiful. I love the aged black around the cracks.
I agree on the posting's. That helps us that need help in designing our own projects. We may not make the same thing, but it gives us ideas to design our own. Thanks Rob. bg
Wow that is a beautiful table! Thanks for sharing!
Just some notes on this build; It is an outdoor table so I made the decision to flatten , sand and detail out all of the cracks with dental tools. I did not fill any of the polished out cracks at all and simply put on a log home oil finish . The customer picked the finish style, the slab, and the leg design (from a magazine). I urged the customer to rethink the size and thickness of the slab for sake of practicality and in the end I cut the slab down from 15 feet to 10 plus. The legs are 1/2 steel plate , not my design , and when mounted under the 4 inch thick slab act like rubber bands. Not good !Point is , rely on your own building experience when advising clients , have everything in writing, and do the best job possible on your end. Cheers , thanks for the comments. Rob
Wow, that's a beauty!
How long did that slab take to dry?
It was a dry dead log from San Francisco when I received it. 3 years air drying , 60 days in the kiln. Rob