Any woodworkers?

how did you get that drift wood so clear on top?

 

a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other ingredients and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles.

 

Thanks
I just made sure I was working on a level surface then used a string and bubble level to level the base then flipped it over and hand cut the top by using several 2'level and a thin kerf dovetail saw

 

Very nice. I am a big fan of natural materials in their natural state.

Did you do anything to reinforce the driftwood structurally?

 

2nd go around with this guy... I can tell you i wont be finding out if the 3rd time is the charm on this one

 

Made a rack for all my spokeshaves and cabinet scrapers.

 

Nice collection...

 

I made my dining table.
All cleaned live edge
Top: 8/4 black walnut, 8/4 curly maple, 4/4 quilted maple, and rocks.
Trestle: 8/4 curly maple
Legs: 8/4 Padouk with 8/4 curly maple feet
Benches 4/4 black walnut, and 8/4 semi quilted maple with black pipe trestle

 

Nice work!! I like the contrasting woods...prob a heavy beast!

 

It’s probably around 400 lbs all said and done. The whole thing comes apart if you pull 8 pins. 4 1/4” steel hitch pins hold the top top the tenons (comes in handy if you have to re level the table after a move, (just drill new holes) and 4 1” walnut dowels hold the trestle to the legs. Moving the top is still a 2-3 person job lol.

 

Nice! Are you concerned about those cracks on the top spreading at all? They look like prime contenders for some bow-tie inlay.

 

On the bottom of the table, where it mounts to the legs has been routed down down to 1” thick. And a 2” thick piece of black walnut is permanently dowled into the table. There are a couple blind dowels on the outboard side of the crack. It’s been stable for about 2 years now. But if it gets concerning i’ll Butterfly them

 

Ironically I read this yesterday, and then last night took a slice off the tip of my thumb on my miter saw. Saw safety has a whole new meaning to me.

 

Holy crap. Are you ok? Pics?

 

Ooh, fellow woodworkers. I have come to the right place.

 

Welcome

 

Made a throat plate for my new dado stack a few days ago. Saw is a Dewalt 7491. Stack is Freud SD208.

Imgur album with some description

 

...simple project, ..made a cross to give to nephew for his 1st communion... used the woodburning tool to mark the occasion on the backside (not shown)...