Was gifted this table

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Was gifted this table by one of my regular customers with the understanding that I am to cut it up and make things out of it. The top is 5' X 18"-24" X 3 1/2" and is an amazing piece of redwood.

There is alot of good useable lumber here

 

[onepaw]

purty...cant wait to see what you come up with

 

[wattlebuster]

Wow beautiful wood :hatsoff:

 

[BillinOregon]

Tom, I'd love to see a small chunk of that turned and made into a high-dome butt plug for a bison powder horn. Finnish Lapp-style knife sheath panels also come to mind. That's a mighty big responsibility you have on your shoulders there.
:wink:

 

[Rifleman1776]

As a woodturner, I am getting weak in the knees looking at that. :bow:

 

[omarick1948]

Sure would make some very nice contemporary powder horn base plugs!.... ever want to get rid of some of it, send me a PM!

Rick :thumbsup:

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Thanks for the comments, just wanted to share a bit, I do have the BEST clientel.

 

[MSW]

wow- the wood turner in me has begun to drool ... I will confess that I always look at the pictures first ... so i'm thinking before I read the text 'it would make a fantastic table,' but if the owner wants it turned into something else, well, I just don't know...

great looking buttplugs for powder horns...

:hmm:

 

[zimmerstutzen]

There was a famous Japanese American that made tables like that. George ?, cant recall his last name. His tables are worth five figures and up. I would do some serious cheching before cutting that.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

George Nakashima died 1990

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Thanks for the heads up on the table, looked it over well and found no makers mark on either the table or the base, did a little search to familiarize myself with his work and the base is way out of character for the type he produced.

Thanks again though, I would have taken it back had it been built by a recognized/accomplished artist.

 

[Rick Son]

Gun grips :grin:

 

[Renegade Dan]

It would make a nice table top for a lamp

 

[bpd303]

I can envision it mounted vertically on a wall with hand forged rifle & pistol hangers and a dozen guns hanging from them. Would be a shame to cut up a beautiful slab like that.

 

[Rick Son]

Birds eye maple? We find alot of wood like that around here,from when they tore out olive trees,peopl made all kinds of stuff from them and alot of clocks,get them for dang near nothin,i had one that was huge like that and gave it to a pipe and gun grip maker....

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

The table is Redwood purchased in the early 80's in Northern California,

the lady that gave this to me is more than just a customer, she is a friend and fellow artist and gave me this table with the understanding that it gets cut up for things such as powder measures, plugs for powder horns, and anything else that can be turned or carved out of it.

 

[Billnpatti]

Oh, such a gorgeous table top !!! If the legs are still on it and it is an intact piece of beautiful furniture, it would almost be a sin to cut it up. But, it is yours to do with as you wish. I hope that whatever project(s) it is used for are worthy of such a gorgeous piece of wood. As a woodworker, I am left to drool over such wood as that. :bow:

 

[MSW]

I can envision it mounted vertically on a wall with hand forged rifle & pistol hangers and a dozen guns hanging from them. Would be a shame to cut up a beautiful slab like that.

of all the suggestions, I like that one the best, although it's not exactly consistent with the gifter's (wrong word?) stated intentions ... I agree that it's a bad idea to cut up a piece that big with such incredible figure ... they're becoming increasingly rare as we cut down forests to make tract housing (insert tirade here)

so, one vote in the 'don't cut it' camp.

just one guy's opinion, free and doubtless well worth the price!

 

[Rick Son]

Wow! When you do i'd like to have something.Nice lady and friend!

 

[Rick Son]

That being redwood and me living just below the Sequoia National Park,you don't even get redwood like that around anymore i don't think,been a long time since i've seen any,anyway,when they tore my grandfathers house down that was made of cinder blocks the roof frame was made from clear grade a
redwood and probably came from above me.It was a rush job my dad had done or i would have been in there collecting it all!Darn nice piece of redwood!