My First Project

Very Nice!!!

-- Ted, TX or PA www.around-the-bend.com

Very nice. I love those live edges. Looks like you are off to a great start.

I would love to see your wifes entry table, I am shure it looks great.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

It’s really an interesting piece. I can’t help but like it.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

very cool table ! great team work . tell your wife we like to see her table ! if all else fails you could ” git R drunk” ! lol
just kiddin !

That is one nice table!! You two have done a fantastic job, you are quite a team. Great post, thanks!!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

where do you get a slab of spalted pecan?

-- Ted, TX or PA www.around-the-bend.com

Excellent job. Really nice to work together.

-- Bruce from Central New York

Hats off to you and your wife. You make a great team. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Shane,

Great job. The finished work looks truly professional. You and your wife are to be commended. I am anxious to see her entry table.

-- Sola Gratia, John

Nice work Shane and Mrs. Shane. Is the Mesquite from your property? What are the measurements?

Great pictures too. Thanks for sharing.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Shane that’s a great looking table. You both did a great job and have reason to be very proud of it.

-- Martin, Kansas

Well lets start our by saying your one luck man to be married to a women that loves your work and is an equal or better than you. That said lets start with the thinks you did wrong….....................................................
....................................... I can’t think of any.
The best part is being able to see how an ulgy duckling of a tree could be so beautiful. Than to be able to turn it into a swan is beyond belief. Your and your wife have a great eye for woodworking and greater talent to be able do what you see.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.

Thanks for all the compliments guys. One thing I forgot to mention is that Julie and I live in a log home so this type of furniture fits real well with our surroundings. We both like the rustic outdoors look.

Where did I get the mesquite and spalted pecan? We have a 70 yr. old man that lives about 3 miles from us and he has a saw mill. He is the busiest old man. He fells trees, has folks bring logs to him, mills lumber, builds furniture, and etc. He’s the one that we were able to get our lumber from.

What are the measurements of the table? The top is about 20” at it’s widest point, about 54” long and 2” thick. It stands at about 19” off the floor

RobS—the mesquite is from the man that I PM’d you about a number of weeks ago. He’s got some really good stuff.

-- We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. C.S. Lewis

Dominic, your right I am a very lucky man. Julie and her family, are very creative folks. Julie loves diving in a getting dirty. She would much rather be outdoors doing something with me than to be doing anything else. I help her with her projects and she helps me with mine. Julie is also a very good photographer. She took some great pictures on the table but both of us agree that the pictures really don’t bring out the true beauty of the mesquite. Thanks for the compliments.

-- We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. C.S. Lewis

Very nice!!!!!!!!
The wood has some nice character to it, that and I love live edged wood.

-- Ed - Milan, IN

Very cool! It looks like it will last many lifetimes.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great piece! It would work just as well as a bench…. at first I thought that is what it was..

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

That is a stunning piece!
I wish my 100th project would look so nice, professional and artistic.

-- Yanky, pateince is everthing.

A “less is more” beaut. Many times just letting nature speak for itself is enough. And usually that approach comes from years of experience. That this is your first piece speaks tons about your talent. Looking forward to seeing more.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

This is a beautiful piece of rustic furniture. I really enjoy seeing the live edge on it. You and your wife should be proud of this piece and you both did a good job on the design and construction.

Well done.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

This is an awesome table !! Great job folks …now let’s see the Spalted Pecan , please !!

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Great looking table. I have read that Tung oil by itself, is not a good finish, but that you should put a wipe on poly or a varnish of some kind over it to protect it. Other than that it is beautiful. Ask Karson he’d know. Mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com