So to answer my own question...Priceless, and worth every penny! Great job Rob. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: "RobAdkins" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:36:41 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Re: forgive me but, toot toot! thanks for all the compliments. the lumber came from a place in berkeley called Urban Ore. the planks are fitted together with spline butt joints, as i don't have a thickness planer getting the surfaces level is crucial. the time spent is around 50 hours start to finish which includes laminating luan ply to the backside due to rabbets from the original cabinet frames from which the teak came. the contrasting woods are Paduk (orange) and Maple. the piece is to the original spec and should just plug and play. the hardest part was the lamination process as i don't have a large flat table on which to perform this step. i was left to weighing down the slabs with 5 gallon buckets of water on the driveway. they came out a little warped but i'm hoping that settles over time. the compromises that result from a small garage shop are inevitable but one can dream and learn in the process.- rob --- In [email protected], "RobAdkins" <robadk...@...> wrote: > > i'm proud of this salon table i just finished all from recycled lumber. here > it is with several coats of deft awaiting it's install. i hope i'm not > bragging too much but, it's real pretty huh? > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IC27A/photos/album/1348290136/pic/927474810/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=21&count=20&dir=asc >
