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This was a counter top project I did two years ago in exchange for a trailer I wanted at the time. My Mentor and I designed, installed, and finished these counter tops from absolute start to finish. Literally from logging the tree out of the forest, slab cutting it on my Mentor’s wonderful Australian made Lucas brand mill, shaping, sanding, installing and so on.
There are a lot of rustic “second home” log homes and cabins in the town where I live, this was one of them.
-- ~Sorenson
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SASmith
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#1 posted 370 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks.
Wonderful work.
Love that live-edge.
What kind of finish did you use?
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
Jamie Speirs
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#2 posted 370 days ago
That is so nice
Jamie
-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
JayT
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#3 posted 370 days ago
Sweet! Very nice work.
-- "The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself." -- Benjamin Franklin
Bradley
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#4 posted 370 days ago
Hello Jamie Speirs and Hello Scotland! Hope I can visit your country some day! Thank you much for ALL of your generous comments!
SASmith, thank you! That finish is many coats of Teak oil followed by a water resistant coat of Spar urethane. If I have to use a urethane, I generally use Spar over Poly in wet location areas because of the water resistant rating.
-- ~Sorenson
IndianJoe
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#5 posted 370 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks.
Love it what kind of wood is it ?
-- Nimkee** Joe
Bradley
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#6 posted 370 days ago
Hi Joe, and thank you.
that wood is Alligator Juniper (or Juniperus deppeana Steud). A fragrant semi-soft wood much like cedar.
-- ~Sorenson
jcees
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#7 posted 370 days ago
Love the live edge work. GORGEOUS!
always,
-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein
Martyroc
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#8 posted 370 days ago
Thats absolutely fantastic, these look AWESOME!
Welcome to LJ’S
-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.
mmcafee09
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#9 posted 370 days ago
Awesome counters! Welcome To Lumberjocks I’m a newbie too
-- The College Woodworker
SASmith
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#10 posted 370 days ago
Thanks for the tip on the finish.
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
southgalawyer
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#11 posted 370 days ago
Awesome!
OregonWoodRat
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#12 posted 370 days ago
That is great. I wish I could get wood like that. You do wonderful work.
-- Peter, A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.
Monte Pittman
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#13 posted 370 days ago
OK, I’m a live edge junkie. I think it is absolutely beautiful. Glad to see you with LJ’s. Already looking forward to future projects.
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
SakeenaBlue
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#14 posted 370 days ago
I freakin adore those countertops! I am officially lusting now
-- Nancy
Bradley
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#15 posted 370 days ago
Thank you all so much! I’m truly flattered to have fellow woodworkers post comments like these.
Wish I would have found this web site sooner, sure feel at home!
-- ~Sorenson
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