The Journey to a Coffee Table

About 2 years ago I milled up an Ash tree that was taken down due to Ash dieback. This resulted in a large amount of wood that has been drying since then.

The first piece of this is now dry and I decided to turn it into a coffee table. Well, to be fair, I decided to turn it into a coffee table a long time ago and even got it nice an flat on one side, but figuring out how to attach some legs to a bumpy, uneven what is essnetially side of a tree proved difficult.

Anyway, after a lot of thiking, bending, sanding and finishing its done. I like it.Some technical things: I used a router with a templating bit (but the bearing was at the bottom) to get the natural outline around the side- this also gives it the constant edge thickness on the flat surface. I used Osmo Polyx Raw finish which contains some white pigment so that it didn't go honey coloured when applying the finish. Rebar was bent with a blow torch and epoxied into place, minimum depth of 60mm- I hope this is enough. On a side note- I don't like calling it a coffee table, mostly because I don't drink coffee.

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