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re: Neatest thing you have built?
Posted on 1/15/19 at 6:35 pm to Pepperidge
Posted on 1/15/19 at 6:35 pm to Pepperidge
Live edge bench - oak top, oak trestle, walnut legs attached to top by oak-wedged through tenons. I carved the feet with a grinder, tried to make them look like the base of a tree.
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Posted on 1/15/19 at 6:41 pm to Pepperidge
Hey Pep, thanks. 
You get some time, come on over for a few drinks.
You get some time, come on over for a few drinks. 
Posted on 1/15/19 at 7:31 pm to Sigma
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Sigma
I’m not gonna sugarcoat it Sigma. That’s awesome.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 7:40 pm to Sigma
Very nice man. Very nice
Posted on 1/15/19 at 7:41 pm to Sigma
Have you ever done that before with cypress wood?
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:25 pm to Sigma
If I made that bench, I'd pour several drinks and just sit there and look at it for a long time. That's awesome.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 9:32 pm to Sus-Scrofa
Thanks guys. Here are a couple of more pics. Been drying these 8/4 boards we had milled from a tree we took down in our back yard a couple of years ago. I used the one on the left. Built a router sled to flatten it.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 9:37 pm to biggsc
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Have you ever done that before with cypress wood?
No, but it would probably work great if you found the right slab.
One other thing...In the past I've used either Minwax polyurethane or Polycrylic, or occasionally lacquer, to finish furniture. But this time I used Danish oil on the walnut and satin Arm-R-Seal on the oak. If you've never used Arm-R-Seal before, it's worth the cost. It's a noticeably higher quality finish.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:02 am to Sigma
Awesome work!!
I LOVE Arm R Seal it's awesome.
I LOVE Arm R Seal it's awesome.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:30 am to Gekko
Probably an ar 15 or an investmestment portfolio.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 7:43 am to Sigma
You did a fine job. Spall oak is one fine looking lumber. It pops out real nice. I have a bunch of it inside my guest house build.
Spall oak is one fine looking lumber. It pops out real nice. I have a bunch of it inside my guest house build. 
Posted on 1/16/19 at 8:12 am to Gekko
I built a table to fit two komado grills and a large outdoor sink/cabinet combo out of cheap pressure treated fenceboards.
Also, i have the carpentry skills of a monkey.
Also, i have the carpentry skills of a monkey.
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 8:13 am
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:07 am to Sigma
Thank you. My wife and I would love a cypress wood slab for a dining room table
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:06 am to fishfighter
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You did a fine job. Spall oak is one fine looking lumber. It pops out real nice. I have a bunch of it inside my guest house build.
Yes, we got lucky with the spalting. We didn't really want to take the tree down, but we were adding on to the house and it just wouldn't have survived. I had two 10 ft sections quartersawn, still have about 200 bd ft left.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 11:52 am to Gene Ween
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I built a table to fit two komado grills and a large outdoor sink/cabinet combo out of cheap pressure treated fenceboards.
Also, i have the carpentry skills of a monkey.
Well where is the pic?!
Posted on 1/16/19 at 11:58 am to Gene Ween
Where are pictures?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:29 pm to Sigma
Got 5-6 oak trees standing that died last spring. I am leaving them up till this spring. Then I will fell them and saw them up on my sawmill. The spalting should set in real good.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:57 pm to fishfighter
I’ve got two slices from the base of a cottonwood tree that had two separate rings and looks really awesome. I’ve been trying to decide what to do with them. They’re about 40” in diameter and about 6 inches thick. Any ideas?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:06 pm to Sigma
Wedged through tenon's are freaking awesome.
I tried them a couple times. Can never get the gaps closed without splitting the damn wood tho.
I tried them a couple times. Can never get the gaps closed without splitting the damn wood tho.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 2:14 pm to baseballmind1212
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splitting the damn wood tho.
The wedge or the tenon?
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