E-03

Last week I went to John Hailing's Urban Timber to select wood for design 3 ( E-03).

I selected a walnut slab roughly 110" x 48" x 4".

Due to it's thickness, I wanted to cut the slab in half, in order to get two slabs around 1.5" thick.

John Hailing reducing the slab's width to 43" to fit through the horizontal saw.

Together we cut the slab in two.

Here are the results:

E-03 features concentric rings cut from one slab and 2 sheets of 1" acrylic. The rings layer up to create a table base with a subtle striped effect.

Here are some images form slab 1's cut:

During the cut we discovered a nail embedded in the wood, which broke part of a bit. In order to run the second slab on the router, I had to locate a metal detector to ensure there were no more nails like this one.

Finished rings

After locating a metal detector, pulling out the other half of the nail found in slab 1, and scheduling another router appointment, slab 2 was ready to go.

Slab 2 becomes the table top, aligning on top of the acrylic and wood rings to cap off the table. Since the table deals with very dense materials, I decided to remove excess material from the underside of the top. Here is what the underside looks like:

This is one of the acrylic rings

E-03 coming soon!