Rustic Walnut Slab Bench - Welded + Bolted

[Gary Ramsey]

Hi Guys,

I am new to the site. I have been doing metalwork (wedling/fabricating) for a few years, and wanting to get into woodworking. Built a new shop, and got fortunate to have a guy down the street from the new shop had some large slabs of walnut and mahogany. I don't have any way to joint/plane/mill, so just used it rough.

The one thing I learned is that if you don't have planned/jointed surfaces you can't have a glue joint that doesn't have a noticeable seam...

[Ron Brese]

Very Cool project and the production quality of the video was quite enjoyable,

Ron

[Bruce Volden]

Man I hate it when the "new guys" come to this site!!
Now I want to throw all my fancy tools into the pond.
NICE work, great video.

Bruce

[Art Mann]

The ability to mix steel and iron work with the traditional woodworking skills just adds a whole new dimension to furniture design. Nice work!

[Allan Ferguson]

Very nice work and video. Allan

[Gary Ramsey]

Man I hate it when the "new guys" come to this site!!
Now I want to throw all my fancy tools into the pond.
NICE work, great video.

Bruce

Lol, Thanks Bruce, but clearly anyone can make something "rustic" but just doing some rough cuts and sanding. It takes great skill to make something super nice with advanced jointery, etc. Which is what I am looking forward to getting into as soon as I get some new "fancy tools" as you put it!

[Gary Ramsey]

The ability to mix steel and iron work with the traditional woodworking skills just adds a whole new dimension to furniture design. Nice work!

Thanks Art. Agree with you that that the right amout of steel can accent wood pieces. I have to resit overdoing it, because the beauty of nice hardwoods stands on its own. Appreciate it!

[Bob Winkler]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing it and I have always liked the mix of metal with wood. Wish I had more metalworking ability.

Bob

[Howard Boehm]

How much room do you have in that workshop. That's what I need, space.
Great bench.