some live edge coffee tables from last august

 sam came back from a jobsite yesterday with some pictures 

of  two coffee tables we made last year, but never photographed 

on site because the house wasn't finished when we delivered them,

two big ones!

this one is claro walnut, about 4 and a half feet wide and 6' long ...

in the background there is a set of stairs that sam made the

steel parts for .. there is a two story piece of glass behind them ...

this one is about the same size with a tricky 'waterfall' end that 

kristian executed flawlessly  .. as i remember, 

the miter cut was over 60" wide ... some other photos of

the tables as we worked on them below ..

after it was cut and glued, the miter was reinforced 

with a piece of 2.5" angle iron

 

before the finish

the other end was supported by a sam made steel trapezoid base.

the claro walnut slab had some nice figure!

always nice to see things in their final homes

a live edge steel and cherry desk

we made this nice live edge cherry computer desk

for a long time friend of the family ...

 

the steel base spent a little testing time in sam's shop while we

worked on the slab top .. trigger approved it ...

there were two options, live edge up or live edge down ..

glad we ended up with the live edge up ... 

the angled cut is the notch that felled the tree ...

 

cad drawing above

 the design was loosely based on a pair of cherry 

recording studio tables we made for a friend

to see more of the live edge pieces we have made over the years

try this link

A triangular coffee table

well ok ... here's one from back in the fall.  thanksgiving to be more precise.

the clients had a table that had been made for them, but

over time it had acquired some structural concerns, like about an inch

and a half warp across across the middle, and they we looking

for something with a 'live edge on three sides', kind of a tall order.

BUT!, Goodhope hardwoods had the exact slab i needed for the project!!

cad drawing to measurement specs ..

then i photoshopped the planned cuts

and we did the initial surfacing down the road at a friend's factory ...

a little scraping and we moved it to the shop

after Sam fashioned the steel parts, we decided that the initial

bracing concept was unnecessary and we went with just the three legs

i cut the legs from a dead tree that had fallen in the woods behind the garage ..

beautiful double crotch figure!

home in time for turkey day ..

live edge walnut bookcases

we sent some bookcase to the great midwest earlier this month. live edge walnut tops,
fine irion walnut case pieces and edge and center bead fir backs ...

it was a fun project with a long time client ... the bookcases are gonna have a nice view!

we first considered backless cases with metal bracing

but ended up with the nice fir backs

i have had this pair of boards for a long time and this was the

PERFECT project for them .. didn't waste an inch ...

it took a minute to figure out the construction joinery, but since the client was looking

for 'quick and easy' (hah!) we were able to simplify things with cleats and dominos,

some plugged screw holes in the top, and a little strategic glue on assembly

lots of pieces

center shelves are adjustable from 12 to 15

a calro walnut island top

we installed a claro walnut slab island top on friday, 

just in time for the labor day weekend

another beautiful slab from goodhope hardwoods in kemblesville, pa.

 in the rough, with measurements

in the shop with a layout to size chalked on .. 

one live edge, one straight one

final cuts

this is our first look at the figure in the smoothed slab

and in case you are wondering what it takes to smooth one of these slabs, 

it takes about a bag and a half of shavings to get one this size smooth

we had a finish problem on this one .. aliens .. too hot? too cool?

too sunny? not sanded enough?  bad can of varnish? who knows? ...

trevor made short work of it though, and below is the slab in the sun,

ready to roll friday ..

everyone's happy!