I met with a local sawyer over the summer, and while I was at his shop, he uncovered his special stash of walnut slabs. He had almost a complete flitch of 8/4 walnut slabs, and I couldn't leave for home without at least one board. I had no idea what I was going to use it for, but it was priced right and I happily made room in my shop to store it until I had a use for it.
Well, I finally decided it was time to turn it into furniture. I had a rough idea in my mind that it would become a hall table, but I decided to use the shape and size of the slab itself to dictate the design, rather than the other way around. So this project is going to be designed as I go, and I already have a few fun ideas of some twists I can incorporate into the piece.
This first episode is all about stock prep. And with a slab almost 22" wide, my power planer and jointer are of no use. So I'll be rolling up my sleeves and doing a lot of hand tool work to start. Which is perfect because it just started getting cold in my shop!
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5 comments:
Wanna borrow my travisher or scorp for that inside corner? Both fun to use and say!
I'm going to try to work "scorp" and "travisher" into a casual work conversation some time this week. Could be a fun challenge.
beautiful piece of walnut ,almost made me cry watching you remove that bark. do you know how rare it it is to get sound bark like that?
I remove bark from time to time but do it keeping bark in-tack so I can replace missing bark on other projects.
look forward to seeing end project!
Cheers
Dan n
That is a fantastic looking slab. I can't wait to see how it comes out.
My Man Rob,
Lookin good on the Live Table Bro. I've been outta swing with things for a little while. It appears you've moved your Blog to here. I'm catching up on your Podcast on iTunes.
Can't wait to see the next episode.
Handi
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