coffee table

Sam Salvati said:
Thanks big time everyone!! You guys have good taste :D

Burlsource, I wish!!! I wish I had the collateral up front to buy like a 3' by 6' burl-y cross section cut of tree, would love to make a big dinner table!
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Sam - I have a couple pieces of white oak with awesome ray flake, but no burl. Shipping would kill you, but I'm willing to talk. roughly 28"x 11'x 4" thick. Been air drying for 4 or 5 years, and each still weighs 1/2 a ton.
When I slabbed the tree (storm kill) I cut several 2" thick boards, then a pair of bookmatched 4" thick out of the center before going back to a 2" thickness.
I used some of the smaller boards out of this tree for stair treads and an 8' long natural edge breakfast bar in my house.
 
Very nice. You're a good smith, I wish I could get some kind of business going in that direction too, I do enjoy it a lot.
 
If you ever decide to do a dining table, the best way to get some wood would be to find someone near you who has a portable sawmill or someone that does urban logging. These people usually mill trees taken out by tree services, power company, stuff like that. Small companies like this seem to be all over the place. They will usually have wood cut that has been stacked and drying. While you might not get burl, you can still get some pretty cool stuff at reasonable prices. I would use 2 long matching pieces instead of one wide piece.
 
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