I made this coffee table using wood from a local Cleveland sawmill and fabricated the legs at Cleveland Steel Tool, the shop where I work. It has a thick coat of polyurethane to keep the bark intact, and has rubber grippers on the legs for stability and to protect floors. The table is 46″ x 17″ on the sides, 1″ thick, and 17″ tall. The legs are 1.5″ wide and about 1/4″ thick.
Restored Butcher’s block workbench turned into a bar. 3/4″ black plumbers pipe was used for the legs with a t-joint and a cross brace between the end legs. This table is heavy and tough as nails.
Restored Butcher’s block workbench turned into a bar. 3/4″ black plumbers pipe was used for the legs with a t-joint and a cross brace between the end legs. This table is heavy and tough as nails.
Here is another slab coffee table or end table. This one is made of spalted hard maple. I was surprised with just how smooth this top turned out. This was a smaller slab to a larger group of slabs from a maple tree that was likely a hundred years old or more. The live edge 2″ thickness makes this piece feel like it will last another hundred years.
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