A cedar, glass top table made by my husband and his mother...

That is VERY cool!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Very nice. I like to do similar things with stumps/logs. One thing I have discovered is that if it doesn’t have them already it may need some small “risers” (1/2 inch high will do) to keep it off the floor a little. This keeps down any mold/mildew due to any moisture still left in the log. The spaces between the boards in the deck floow will help but it may still leave its “impression” on the floor when moved.

It’s really a pretty piece. Nice work.

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Alison,

This is a very interesting, as well as unique, table. Ordinarily this would have been ground into sawdust or simply burned but you re-purposed the stump into a useful piece of furniture. Sounds like a winning combination to me.

Thanks for the post.

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I really like the rustic looks of this table. Great job.

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

That’s beautiful.

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S-W-EE-T

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Great job,

I realy like it!!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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This is great. That’s really an interesting stump too. It looks like a clump of several different trees. How did they get the top level and flat?

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Love the look, that thing will last forever. A true masterpiece. mike

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great table!

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Very nice…I love working with cedar logs. The twists and turns add so much character. THAT is a big one. I don’t see many that size around here.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

We were really fortunate to find this tree. Our neighbor across the road from us called one day and told us it was in his way and he wanted it gone. My husband didn’t waste any time hauling our equipment over there to get that tree down. He was extremely careful while taking the tree down and cut each piece he wanted to use perfectly level with the chainsaw. I was amazed that he was able to do that. We have one other piece that isn’t finished yet. The twists and turns do give the log character and we love it when we find them. My husband is a tree surgeon. When he finds trees of this sort, he takes them down for free and we store the logs until we are ready to make something out of them. We’ve already started a collection of boards, the two tables, we even save the slabs that come off of the tree when we put them on the saw mill. Nothing goes to waste when it comes to cedar, cherry, or cyprus.

-- Alison Hadden, Wood's Cut & Grind, Milledgeville, GA

Great idea & talking point Alison. A set of chairs carved out of similar stock would really set it off. but that’s a lot of work. Thanks for sharing.

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Nice table. I’ll bet it takes two men and a small boy to move it though!

‘Found’ wood is always best!

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