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Bespoke River Gum Living Edge tree trunk slab coffee table
$790
At Workshop87 we love wood. Even when it tries to do us in. We love this table, but it isn't the easiest of relationships.
The table was once a huge old River Gum with a trunk width of almost 2 metres on the banks of the Helena river. It was felled in 2002 and has been seasoning in our yard since then.
We recently decided to take the huge trunk and mill it into slabs, which is where the, ahem, 'difficulties' began.
When we put the trunk through the mill, it went brilliantly. We could see the gorgeous tans, mochas and cinnamons of the internal wood, and knew we had something special. Sure, the spikes and points that characterise the outer cambium layer ripped our gloves to shreds and chewed our flesh, but that's a small price to pay for beautiful wood.
As we were milling the last layer, we discovered that decades ago someone must have have put a bolt in the tree for a river swing, but the tree had grown over the bolt, enveloping it and hiding it entirely. When the mill blade sheered the bolt, the blade came off, splintered and sent shrapnel flying everywhere. Thank you safety boots, glasses and leather aprons. Next time we mill while dressed in Kevlar armour.
We none the less took this slab and sanded its flat top to a silky smoothness, and suspended the half round trunk within 2 flat bar legs of 5mm steel using huge coach screws, with all of the steel painted flat black.
The table stands 40cm tall and 60cm wide, and is more than a metre long.
You can see the hidden bolt in the top of the table, and see where decades of rust has stained the wood a wonderful blue amid the grain of the wood. Best of all, the wood is curly wood. That means that the tree has been subject to a lot of wind tension, and has grown compression wood in the internal trunk that when sawn and polished, catches the light at certain angles to look like tiger stripes. It is rare, and amazingly beautiful. The wood has a 3d ocean effect even though it is perfectly flat.
The base of the trunk is pure living edge, so it is weathered silver and comes complete with the beautiful flesh chewing spikes.
The table, and photos of it being made, is on our Facebook page at Workshop87. If you like us on Facebook you receive a 10% discount on any purchases.
If you would like a table like this, but in a different size, wood or with different legs, we can happily make a custom piece to your specifications (but we can't replicate the hidden bolt and its reign of terror).
The table was once a huge old River Gum with a trunk width of almost 2 metres on the banks of the Helena river. It was felled in 2002 and has been seasoning in our yard since then.
We recently decided to take the huge trunk and mill it into slabs, which is where the, ahem, 'difficulties' began.
When we put the trunk through the mill, it went brilliantly. We could see the gorgeous tans, mochas and cinnamons of the internal wood, and knew we had something special. Sure, the spikes and points that characterise the outer cambium layer ripped our gloves to shreds and chewed our flesh, but that's a small price to pay for beautiful wood.
As we were milling the last layer, we discovered that decades ago someone must have have put a bolt in the tree for a river swing, but the tree had grown over the bolt, enveloping it and hiding it entirely. When the mill blade sheered the bolt, the blade came off, splintered and sent shrapnel flying everywhere. Thank you safety boots, glasses and leather aprons. Next time we mill while dressed in Kevlar armour.
We none the less took this slab and sanded its flat top to a silky smoothness, and suspended the half round trunk within 2 flat bar legs of 5mm steel using huge coach screws, with all of the steel painted flat black.
The table stands 40cm tall and 60cm wide, and is more than a metre long.
You can see the hidden bolt in the top of the table, and see where decades of rust has stained the wood a wonderful blue amid the grain of the wood. Best of all, the wood is curly wood. That means that the tree has been subject to a lot of wind tension, and has grown compression wood in the internal trunk that when sawn and polished, catches the light at certain angles to look like tiger stripes. It is rare, and amazingly beautiful. The wood has a 3d ocean effect even though it is perfectly flat.
The base of the trunk is pure living edge, so it is weathered silver and comes complete with the beautiful flesh chewing spikes.
The table, and photos of it being made, is on our Facebook page at Workshop87. If you like us on Facebook you receive a 10% discount on any purchases.
If you would like a table like this, but in a different size, wood or with different legs, we can happily make a custom piece to your specifications (but we can't replicate the hidden bolt and its reign of terror).
- Date Listed:12/01/2017
- Last Edited:12/01/2017
- Condition:New
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