I’ve always liked the look of a cedar table so I decided to build one. It was June 2019. I searched around for cedar slabs and was shocked at some of the prices the places were asking. They were awful proud of their wood! .
I found a place that was pretty close to the house and the price was reasonable compared to all the others so I bought three slabs about 14 feet long, 18 inches wide, and 2 inches thick. The first thing I did was trim them down to approximately 6 feet long each.
I took them to a shop that had a planer large enough to run the slabs through. They ended up at 1 5/8" thick.
I should tell you up front that I don't have any real experience with wood working and I really suck at the fine finish work. I kind of stick with the rough stuff, hence the live edge. I also don’t have a shop to work in so everything I did was in the garage or just outside the garage in the driveway. All of my tools are hand tools, no big shop tools.
All three slabs came from the same tree. The two outer pieces are book face. Once I layed the wood out the way I wanted it, I had to use an electric hand planer on the edges since I don't have a joiner. I spent a little bit of time chasing the edge but finally got it where it needed to be.
I found a place that was pretty close to the house and the price was reasonable compared to all the others so I bought three slabs about 14 feet long, 18 inches wide, and 2 inches thick. The first thing I did was trim them down to approximately 6 feet long each.
I took them to a shop that had a planer large enough to run the slabs through. They ended up at 1 5/8" thick.
I should tell you up front that I don't have any real experience with wood working and I really suck at the fine finish work. I kind of stick with the rough stuff, hence the live edge. I also don’t have a shop to work in so everything I did was in the garage or just outside the garage in the driveway. All of my tools are hand tools, no big shop tools.
All three slabs came from the same tree. The two outer pieces are book face. Once I layed the wood out the way I wanted it, I had to use an electric hand planer on the edges since I don't have a joiner. I spent a little bit of time chasing the edge but finally got it where it needed to be.
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