It's definitely some pretty wood but I still don't know what it is.


Anyway, we decided to use it in a kitchen island. The next step was designing the cabinet that would hold the three slabs.

I set up the outside shop in the lanai. Working on the driveway out front probably adds 10 or more degrees to the working conditions. I'm learning how to escape the heat!

Once I moved all the furniture and covered it, the next step was to set up the sawhorses. These sawhorses were built for anything and I laid down (1) 3/4 MDF, (3) 1/2" sandply and (3) 3/4" pine plywood on them.

Time to start ripping!


We decided to put (2) slabs at 42" and make that an eating/socializing area and the third slab would be at 36". In between, I'm thinking river glass. So the first thing was to establish the two heights.


This is somewhat of what I'm trying to accomplish...