Live Edge Maple Slab Farmhouse Table

Build a live edge maple slab dining room farmhouse table. This project actually started a year ago when I was picking up some hardwood lumber and saw these maple slabs being milled up. As soon as I saw them I knew that we needed those maple slabs for our future kitchen table.

Fast forward a year later when the live edge slabs had been kiln dried I got them home and started to work on the farmhouse table fabrication. In the end we decided that we were going to build a metal base for the table and leave the maple slabs natural with their live edge.

In this video I go through the steps to use a router sled to flatten large wood slabs in your workshop, plan the slabs to proper dimension, joint the edges for a proper glue up and glue up the 42" wide maple live edge slab.

For finishing the slab I sanded up to 180 grit, fixed any knot holes or defects in the slabs with untinted two part epoxy and sealed it with general finishes arm r seal. Two coats on the bottom and three coats on the top. You always want to seal all surfaces of a large slab like this to aid with even wood movement.

Leg Dimensional Plans:

The fabrication of the custom metal legs will be covered in another video. Link to that below when it is available.

Wood and Resin Lamp Video: https://youtu.be/1iuSeDO4234

Portable Mortiser: https://youtu.be/L7Bu9z7G9Fc

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RevMarkers: https://goo.gl/UJZfnq
Mirka 6" ROS Sander: https://goo.gl/Dp85kf
Brayer Roller: http://goo.gl/bc5uIE
3M Respirator: https://goo.gl/ZexRQd
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