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Claro Black Walnut/English Grafted Guitar Coffee Table

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Claro Black Walnut/English Grafted Guitar Coffee Table Claro Black Walnut/English Grafted Guitar Coffee Table Claro Black Walnut/English Grafted Guitar Coffee Table Click the pictures to enlarge them

You can see the graft between the Black Walnut and English Walnut making this a one of a kind piece. 3-1/8” thick and 4 feet long it stands 16” tall with Watco natural oil finish. I guess this falls under the title of live edge rustic coffee table. Pocket holes, screws and glue are all hidden underneath out of view. I am hoping to find a musician who will appreciate this one and compensate me appropriately. This slab was salvaged from an orchard that I posted about earlier. This was a fun project and definitely a conversation piece.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3


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DannyBoy

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posted 109 days ago

Nice.

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RobS

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posted 109 days ago

Very Cool Ron. I like your unique front leg technique. Thanks for sharing.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Bigbuck

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posted 109 days ago

Very nice

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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HokieMojo

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posted 109 days ago

grafted while the trees were still alive? If so, that would be the first woodworking piece like it that I’ve ever heard of. very interesting!

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SawDustnSplinters

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posted 109 days ago

Very nice looking piece Ron….I could see that in one of those fancy sound rooms at the guitar store where you can try out the high dollar guitars…or some music star’s house :) I used to do alot of grafting of native pecan root stock with all the different pecan varieties. I remember seeing a tree that was supposedly said the landowner was grafted between Walnut and Pecan, man I would like to see the wood inside that tree….

Good Job…

-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com

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TreeBones

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posted 109 days ago

This tree came from an orchard where all the trees were grafted before planting.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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thetimberkid

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posted 109 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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YorkshireStewart

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posted 109 days ago

Marvellous piece from a fascinating chunk of tree.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

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TomK

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posted 109 days ago

That’s a unique slab. Very cool!

-- North Texas

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socalwood

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posted 109 days ago

very nice! i hope the bark stays put for you.

-- rob

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brianinpa

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posted 109 days ago

3 1/8” thick and 4 ft long? Wow it’s a beauty and I bet it’s a beast to move around. More of a beauty though. Great build.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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SteveKorz

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posted 109 days ago

Sweeeet… nice job

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

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trifern

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posted 109 days ago

Great looking piece Ron. Thanks for sharing.

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

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Dusty56

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posted 109 days ago

another one of a kind beauty , my friend : ) You found a great use for it too !

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suliman

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posted 108 days ago

Very nice

-- Suliman , Syria, jablah ,

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TedM

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posted 108 days ago

Beautiful piece! Interesting wood. I can now see woodworkers out in their yards grafting different trees for future projects! :)

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

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rikkor

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posted 108 days ago

I can now see young woodworkers out in their yards grafting different trees for future projects! :)

-- Maplewood, MN

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Grumpy

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posted 108 days ago

That is some piece of wood.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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jeanmarc

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posted 106 days ago

Very nice looking piece.nice job

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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mmh

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posted 39 days ago

This could be your guide to finishing the walnut burl table. I would like to see you keep the live edge consistant through out the piece, or at least not have any right angles (cut lumber stock) so that the rustic, natural lines flow. Your thoughts?

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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