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Started by tule peak timber, February 02, 2015, 12:25:03 PM

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tule peak timber

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

 
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jueston

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?

Magicman

That Catalpa is eye popping pretty.   smiley_thumbsup
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tule peak timber

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  .
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tule peak timber

hackberry, No , not on this table.
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Bill Gaiche

Thats going to be one Dang nice table fer sure. bg

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That is a gorgeous slab of wood.  Thanks for posting.
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drobertson

Nice! as usual,,  it seems that you continue to raise the bar with each project,, nice work,
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Jemclimber

I'm glad you document so much of your work and post it for us to see. It's beautiful!!!
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Left Coast Chris

Just beautiful.  I love the aged black around the cracks.
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Bill Gaiche

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

AK Newbie

Wow that is a beautiful table!  Thanks for sharing!
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tule peak timber

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
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lowpolyjoe

Wow, that's a beauty!

How long did that slab take to dry?

tule peak timber

It was a dry dead log from San Francisco when I received it.  3 years air drying , 60 days in the kiln.  Rob
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