I had to rip the slab in two then plane to 1.25” thick rough and rip to finished depth, cross cut to length
Cleaning the bark off the live edge and finish sanding now
Making some small shelves
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I had to rip the slab in two then plane to 1.25” thick rough and rip to finished depth, cross cut to length
Cleaning the bark off the live edge and finish sanding now
Looks great, I like it.
Red Oak? Tough to tell from the pictures and no view of the end grain.
Very cool with lots of character.
Very cool with lots of character.
Old walnut slab end. I made a printer slab table under my office workbench with the better part. Never knew what I was going to do with the hunk with water stains and nasty bark. The wife wanted some darkish shelves so I almost bought some 3/4 or 1" boards from a hardwood place then I saw this leaning behind my 20T press of all places. Ripped it with the circular saw and a quick jig - as table saw fence rip not possible and ripping with the miter.......hmm, yeah no thanks although one end was squarish
Beautiful. How will you mount them to the wall?
Will mount standard like with 3/4” wide 3x3” brass L brackets. Wife didn't want hidden pocket mount type so easy peasy for me
I'm on 220 grit hand sanding now. Will go 300ish, I don't think I need 400.
Will finish with a hard wax oil, never tried before.
I'm on 220 grit hand sanding now. Will go 300ish, I don't think I need 400.
Will finish with a hard wax oil, never tried before.
This is what I am rubbing in:
As you can see brackets are NOT 3x3" wife kinda was not holding her head right. That company she ordered does not make 3x3" only 3"x6" inch. She was OK with these though, and she also goobered up and only order 2 (she thought they came in sets of 2). So for the short shelf she changed her mind and wants it else where in the house, but same brackets but inverted, which is fine.
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That's more seashells than I'm used to
I didn’t hire her I married her!
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