Spalted oak mantel

wow is the first thing I said. I like the curves for the supports

-- don't blink, life will pass you by. ryno from OK

Very, Very nice….. What are the dimensions?

-- Chris

I think it was 9×9x7’. On the back we mortised a big keyed slot to fit a matching male piece bolted to the customers wall framing as a mount. Tomorrow we are building a 12×16 x9’ similar piece from an egg shaped ancient doug fir log with a very interesting weathered patina. We will be using the forklift.

-- rob

That is dope. Nice one. Sounds like the good life with good fun. Can I have a tree or two?

-- Things of the greatest worth are from the Earth. Ben Harper

Now thats a Mantle! Very nice.
Now is the log from the person who will getting this mantle?

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

Great looking mantel SoCal. This mantel would look great in the winery for which you built the doors. How were the mortise and cleat shaped? Did you have to anchor the mantel to the cleat with mechanical fasteners or did you peg it?

-- Smile. Life can be FUN!

What did you use to cut it into shape?

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Wow! is what I said as well!

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the guy with the log is helping me harvest it from the customers yard. For tools we used a woodmizer,router, dremmel tool, and a band saw. Mechanical fasteners were hidden in the rear with gravity doing most of the work against the cleat

-- rob

Wow. Please post a picture after it is installed.

-- Garyb6, Hampton, VA

That’s what I call really rustic, Nice!

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that is GORGEOUS. Oh how I’d love to look at that every day.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice work!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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