C H R I S was down here in Phoenix for a vist. We came across this big slab O’Wood from a blown down. He though my bench was a bit whimpy for building boxes and pens, so we hucked it into the pick me up truck and carted it back to the shop. A week later we got er finished and put to er good use yesterday. Short of landing an F-16 on it, it seems about the right size. Twin screw on the back and front vise, trying to decide on dog holes, round or square? Used some 1lb cut shellac for a finish, 8 coats so far.
What ya all think?
AZMO and Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
fyi, she is 12′ ft long and 42″ wide and a measly 2″ thick and about 800 lbs. Best guess is desert ironwood?
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Lovely hunk of wood, to be sure. Not sure I would have used it as a bench top, though.
I think he's pulling your leg.
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That's likely, but one never knows around these parts. ;-)
It is so nice to be known to have a sense of humour!! Yeah Chris and I are pullin some leg for sure. Thought the wavy edge was a dead give away, but the 16 penny finish nailer looks pretty good!
It is a table top we have been working on for awhile and it is going out the door today. I will post some pictures of the completed work. The slab is not a blow down, but one piece of bubinga, 42" by 12'. It is an outdoor table under cover, for an African theme Landscape project I designed and built this year. One of the finishing touches. We do have a nice cut off, that could be used for a stool or two, but alas no chairs in the future. It took 8 of us to move it in the project, 800 lbs is no joke.
The bench it is sitting on is my fold up work bench, and the legs are maple and thin, but it takes a beating without a complaint. Does not rock or move. It was nice to have for this big piece as well!
AZMO
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Morgan & Chris,
It would have been a shame using this nice slab as a benchtop. Who wouldn't have been affraid to bring a sharp chisel closer than 12 inches from it ? Boring bench dog holes would have been heart braking too !
Nice slab and nice work. Big pile of shavings and dust as I heard from Chris. Morgan, is it true Chris helped cleaning up the mess ? According to the photos from his website he has no friends called broom and vaccum !!!
Flying down to Phoenix to see and work on this slab was really worthed. What kind of base should we expect to see under this... slab ?
Best,
Serge- Learn from yesterday, work today, and enjoy success tomorrow -
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Serge, Pretty fun mockup of a bench don't you think? 2' long bowl gouge sitting on the table with my big mallet, 16 penny nail gun to finish nail some 1 by 2, the old swedish jack plane for a 2' board. And of course a can of Shellac. We thought for sure some of the tribe wood get a laugh or two... or maybe everyone was too busy get the sawdust out of their knickers?
I can say, Chris was a great house guest and Shop guest! Our collaboration was good for both of us. I would recomend that if he ever does visit, you will need to lay on some stores for meal time, I had forgotten how much the young ones need to eat! My shop is still a mess, I stopped and cleaned up several times, and preached the virture of cleaning up one stage before the next, but alas I don't think the teaching stuck. His friend Broom gets a little work out, but he really liked my friend Dust Collector....
I will get around to posting the pics this weekend, it definately meets standard and you will enjoy the base.
Morgan
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Beautiful hunk of wood. I did my dining room table out of a piece of Bubinga that started out 53" X 8'. I also bought 2 other pieces for the buffet that were 26" X 11'. The cost added another year until I can retire. Love working with it. Cuts beautifully, sands great, finishes like a dream.
ASK
Our only objection was moving it around! otherwise it is amazing to work with. 5'3" wide is amazing. Did you rip it or leave it whole. Has it cupped on you?
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53" wide, 4'5"
I had is cut down to 2 pieces each 42" X 36". Used the left over for 3" horizontal edge rails and legs. It opens up to 128" with 3 leaves.
A 4 picture pdf is posted in the new gallery.
Lumber yard had a piece 36" wide X 17' long. Didn't buy that one.
ASK
Edited 10/24/2008 4:22 pm ET by ASK
Morgan,
Great bench. Matching chairs would add a nice touch.....<Gr>
Best!!
-Jerry
If that's about 800 pounds, and you're going to be hammering on it, I think you might want some more substantial legs under it. JMHO
Looks kinda like those table tops you see in the "Last Supper" oil paintings that many of my relatives had in their houses.
Maybe a little bigger, I don't know.
Blowdown or did the jet stream touch down somewhere?
Did Chris make the LEGS and You the top?
Just funnin Chris a bit!
Cool font Will! I think that Morgan didn't want to spend the three-and-a-half days sanding which I did. The actual carving of the edges took a lot less time than I thought - only a few hours. However making the edges smooth took lots of work. I never thought that I'd be glad to have a belt sander on hand!Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
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