The better part of thirty years ago, a group of local woodworkers organized a bulk purchase of figured maple.
When I arrived (late) to help unload the trailer, I found these two book matched/spalted boards discarded in a snow bank !
They were in pretty poor shape but I thought I could make use of them and they have been leaning against the wall of my shop ever since..
Fast forward to a year ago when I spied them one evening and the idea popped into my head to make a table top with them.
I used West System epoxy to fill all the cracks and soaked them with Watco Danish oil.
Paying work occupied my time until a couple of months ago when I decided to make time to finish this project.
At 14" wide the boards were too narrow for a top, I felt another dissimilar board would be a poor match so I decided to use ceramic tiles in the middle to make up a usable width.
The original plan was to use another figured maple board for the gables but then I realized I had been "saving" a figured Bubinga board that would work nicely for the gables.
Finished size is 64 3/8" x 38", a comfy size for six diners and possibly eight family members
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Clicking on the link below should take you to a photobucket album with ~ three dozen start to finish progress pictures.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps0g3lvbht.jpg
Cheers, Don