Black Walnut Live Edge Mirror

This turned out really well Mike! The shelf on the bottom is a nice touch. How many coats of finish did you use? Thanks for sharing.
PS: Where do you get cut offs like this? and/or how do you cut them to thickness?

-- God bless, Candy

Great design and functional as well.

-- John, Illinois, http://OakHillWoodCreations.com

This is a beautiful piece. Great addition to any home. Hope you don’t mind I copy it.

-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.

looks great

Candy, I used 4 coats of finish on the front and 2 on the back. I get slabs like this from a company named thelumbershack they have a web site and also sell on eBay.

The slabs come kiln dried and you pick out the thickness you want. Most of them are to wide for my planner so I use hand planners and a wide variety of hand sanders, from my belt sander to my orbital to get the finished product. I like this company because they take pretty good measurements and give accurate descriptions of the slabs they sell.

Thanks Mike. Always on the lookout for new sources of wood! And they are having a sale right now!

-- God bless, Candy

cool looking mirror. The bark looks like flames.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Your mirror looks amazing. The walnut is gorgeous and love the bark inclusion and the shelf. Totally an eye catcher, great work!

Mike,
Thanks for posting this. I recently purchased some amazing Walnut pieces with Bark from LumberShack recently. I purchased with out experience in this field but the comments and project found on LumberJocks has directed me toward confidence. If you used a spray finish to get this result, Ill proceed with the same treatment. I have Miliwax Polyurethane Satin Aerosol which I hope will work for me.

Chris I did use minwax polyurethane spray finish. I used a gloss finish on this mirror project. I sold this piece, it sold fast, and now I’m missing it so I think I’ll make another one. Good Luck, post yours when you get it done.