Wedding Table Project

For my brother Richard and his wife Karen


Original lump of wood: 65-70Kg of semi-green elm..

Chainsaw time!! Fun..
We did some plunge cuts down the middle, but stopped when the chainsaw developed a terrifying habit of catching and leaping out the wood....

Wide head circular cutting attachment for drill, used to bore into the wood. Used along side chisels to open up the inside - very slow process...

Lots and lots of chiseling...

Concertina cuts around the bottom were later removed...

The scariest but funnest tool in my arsenal.. Circular chainsaw blade attachment, fitted to a hand held grinder, spinning at 11,000 RPM centimeters from my fingers.... I normally wear chainsaw gloves of course, the blade is vicious. Very very effective though - it saved me a lot of chiseling time, and I still have all my fingers!!!! Success!!!

- FYI Blade is called the Lancelot, made by King Arthurs Tools. These guys do some really, really excellent products.

Filling/refilling copper mixed with epoxy into the numerous cracks that opened in the wood. Almost 1Kg of copper total was finally added to the piece.

Below - sanding off the excess

Many hours of sanding later, the table is ready to oil.. weight is now 12.5Kg, around 55Kg of wood removed!!

After the first coat..

Second coat being applied..

Et voilą!!

Well recieved by Richard and Karen (expecting in August!!), 14th July 2010 on their wedding anniversary.

Project by Rob Blanch

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