by hupka | May 16, 2019 | Custom, Pine, Slab, Table
A little Throw Back Thursday to a live edge pine slab we finished into a bar top. This piece was debarked and sanded before receiving a treatment with red mahogany stain. It was finished with six coats of General Finish’s Arm-R-Seal. Final sanding ended with...
by hupka | May 9, 2019 | Bloodwood, Cherry, Slab
A little throw back Thursday action for me today. This is the first butterfly key I ever attempted. You might think I was smart and did a few test keys before cutting into my cherry slab. You might think that, but you’d be wrong. I just randomly cut a key on the...
by hupka | Mar 8, 2019 | Slab, Walnut
It’s cold outside but these walnut slabs look warm in the setting sun. The grain pattern is going to be off the charts when these get coated with a fine satin clear as their project comes together. When we found this walnut they were part of a scrap pile next to...
by hupka | Nov 21, 2018 | Cherry, Draw Knife, Slab, Table
First step to getting our cherry slab into final form is to get it sized properly and then free from the bark. For this project we want to get the bark removed and get down to the bare wood underneath. To carve this out we are going to use one of our new (to us) draw...
by hupka | Nov 15, 2018 | Cherry, Country, Furniture, Slab, Table
Measuring in at three inches thick and thirty inches long this live edge cherry is going to make a beautiful piece of furniture. We love working with live edge wood. It offers us the chance to use some old tools as they were meant to be used. We posted recently about...
by hupka | Aug 12, 2018 | Cherry, Furniture, Slab, Table
We’ve been working with our friends at DRB Woodworking to finish this cherry slab table. We recently completed the epoxy pour on the top and it came out excellent. Epoxy resin is a tricky animal. If done right you should end up with a coating that looks as clear...
