30 live edge tables

well, here's something i've been meaning to do for a while ... organize my claro walnut pieces into a slideshow. so, at this link you can see about 30 different tables, about 10 coffee tables, and a few other assorted desks, sideboards, headboards and a bench or two.  i've been working with this wood since 2008.  with most of the photos, there are links to blog posts about the projects with verbal descriptions and more in process photos.

 click any photo to start the slideshow ... click through them at about one per second if you like.

the links are in blue in the upper right hand corner

there are also two other relevant blog posts from march of 2013

'how  much does a claro walnut slab table cost?'

and

'what kind of steel base can i have on my live edge table?'

you can see other public albums at this link by clicking the 'more' button at the top of the album page.

seriously, there are thousands of pictures from our 6 years of blogging there.

it's just nuts here ... but really, i'm not complaining

 well .. what can i say?  it's nuts here.  almost out of control ... but things are getting done.  two coffee tables left for new york city monday, and arrived yesterday.  the bookmatched cherry plank and steel table above, and the large (54 x 84) steel frame below. 

this one looks right at home

and this is a big one .. probably just under 300 pounds.  the stone (another +/- 500 pounds), will be cut and fitted in new york ...

 

specifications included :  " must support dancers" .. sounds like fun.

 

 it had a nice dark bronze patina and some decorative screw details in the top frame ..

 and we've got a pair of stools waiting for the final stain color approval.  they'll be upholstered by the designer's workroom in massachusetts .. tougher than they look ...

 and we're coming down the home stretch on the kitchen project.  it's starting to look like the model.  we're awaiting appliances and counter tops, which should be arriving sometime in the next few weeks.

 and there are other parts to that project too, like the +/- 8' x 8' painted vanity below.  we turned it over to the painters on site and will be reassembling it as it appears in the shop, as the counter tops and stone backsplashes arrive.

 

 there will be a mirror and some sconces in the big open space.  the horizontal shelf over the sink area is just for our convenience as we built it.

 and upstairs, there's a quartered oak vanity/shelf unit .. steel pipe supports on the end later.

 

 and downstairs, a barnboard vanity for the half bath.

the curved moldings in barn board are gonna be a trick  .. working on that tomorrow.

coming up, some living room shelves involving a barn beam from the renovation and a bunch of 3" thick torsion box shelves ... should be interesting.

 

 and a baby gate !! i haven't made one for about 30 years now ...

 and i never made one that wasn't a piece of painted plywood with a poster on it ... this one is gonna look official!

and will, for the time being at least, has officially moved on to full time custom banjos and stringed instrument repairs.  he's been at it for a while now, and while i miss his input and production in the shop, i'm wishing him the very best of luck following his heart.  why wait .. start now.  see where it goes. 

and sam's busy ... along with the railings he finished recently, above and below, he is coming down the home stretch on a major project at the local church downtown.  more on that later ...

jig for building the railings

 3 floors on this project ... fussy figuring ...

 

 and the metal shop doors and stairs are here, as is the slate,, below ...more progress soon.

and our friend rachel turned 70 last week.  big party last sunday.  people we haven't seen in a long time.  we made her one of our garolite and zebra wood 'life event' coasters.  kit said i should have made 'a dozen of them' .  we're gettin' up there.

all for now

a 60" wide slab of claro walnut

well, we got a big one here. it's going to aspen when it's finished. this is the widest slab of claro walnut we have ever had ... it clocks in at 63" at the wide point ... after we trim it up a bit, it will be about 60" wide at both ends and about 8' long. it will have one of our new trapezoid bases. click the photos to enlarge them....

couple close ups of the rough slab here ... we're working on it in my garage as we're a little jammed up at the shop at the moment.

here's the cad drawing

will and trevor wheeled it out to the shade by the woodshed yesterday to begin the flattening process. fire up the makitas ...

the slab was astonishingly flat for something so wide ... a tribute to skip and norman at good hope hardwoods and their ability to dry this stuff so we can work it up. it's truly amazing. that really is a four foot level there on the right end. the winding sticks are about 45" i think.

time ran out before they could completely smooth the face, but the bottom side is pretty much ready to sand and they should be able to finish this side today ... more later as we progress.

today we finished the rough smoothing of the top of the slab, did some rough sanding and mocked up the base with some 2 x 4s we had from when we picked it up at our friend's loading dock.

just like this only in 'natural finish steel .. all for now