I should have saved this tree for...

[Chief 101]

gunstocks...well I have more but I wanted to see how it looked finished

 

[JPGLSG]

Chief

That is a fine looking piece of wood. By the way are you all back to normal since your trip to the VA.

Best regards
Jim

 

[Chief 101]

Thank you Jim, cut that tree down 25 years ago and just now getting to it.
The coffee table in the pic I built for a customer who thought he would have to wait 6 months for me to finish it. He is a happy camper.
Jim, I will pm you the medical situation...

 

[cyberscout19]

Looks good.

 

[Chief 101]

Thanks, its a spectacular piece of wood, I may do a #1 with a piece of this...

 

[GunnyGene]

You have a good eye for design, Chief. Beautiful piece. Walnut and Big Leaf Maple?

Let's hope nobody paints it years from now. Drives me crazy when somebody does that to a piece like this. :roll:

 

[Chief 101]

Gunny that is a slab of Black Cherry that has 2 days out in the sun but isn't turning dark. That particular slab of Black Walnut was too narrow for the table he wanted thus the contrasting piece in the center. The cheap camera combined with a little glare doesn't make for a good photo setup. I work with a lot of exquisite and exotic woods but this one little Walnut tree that I cut down is better than most and without a widebelt sander was a tough cookie to get flattened...

 

[don44]

Looks real nice to me!

 

[GunnyGene]

Gunny that is a slab of Black Cherry that has 2 days out in the sun but isn't turning dark. That particular slab of Black Walnut was too narrow for the table he wanted thus the contrasting piece in the center. The cheap camera combined with a little glare doesn't make for a good photo setup. I work with a lot of exquisite and exotic woods but this one little Walnut tree that I cut down is better than most and without a widebelt sander was a tough cookie to get flattened...

Ahhh. Cherry is great stuff. And I've also wished for a wide belt sander more than once. Did you plane it flat (hand or machine) or use a belt sander? I prefer planing but it can be a real job and there's always the likelihood of tear out on highly figured wood. You did a great job.

 

[Chief 101]

Thanks Gunny, I used planes mostly, then scrapers and big sanding blocks to get it flat, almost a days work. Even with properly tuned hand planes this plank was difficult. The back side went to the planer after the top was flattened. ...I have built a lot of tables of organic design...from my warped brain...this is only one of them

 

[GunnyGene]

..I have built a lot of tables of organic design...from my warped brain...this is only one of them

I can tell. :lol: Did one for a relative a few years ago that I called "Big Foot" for obvious reasons. Basically the same process for flattening.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Looks great to me also!

 

[Chief 101]

nice table Gunny, I don't do pics much but I did find a photo of another table...this one was from an enormous Red Oak from the hay farm across the hiwy. I cut it down many years ago and other than some wagon reproduction parts this table top came from it. Also the base came from some sort of hard Maple and a small piece from a Walnut tree. If I find pics of other stuff I will post...

 

[Taterman]

Great looking tables guys.

 

[GunnyGene]

nice table Gunny, I don't do pics much but I did find a photo of another table...this one was from an enormous Red Oak from the hay farm across the hiwy. I cut it down many years ago and other than some wagon reproduction parts this table top came from it. Also the base came from some sort of hard Maple and a small piece from a Walnut tree. If I find pics of other stuff I will post...

Love to see any of your other work. I don't do much anymore, especially not big projects. The last big project was a chest on chest about 4 years ago. Wife complained it was too tall for her to see into the top drawer.

 

[Chief 101]

one more organic table