11/30/2025
Several years ago we prepared a clients grandfathers barn beams for installation into his new home. We sawed off the faces, cleaned, sanded, stained and sprayed several coats of finish on them. We saved the centers not knowing what we may use them for. Well, that same client came back and wanted a 54" x 54" coffee table. I decided to use those pieces. For a couple days I thought a made a mistake as they were very damaged, powder post eaten, and split everywhere. After straight edging, domino and edge glueing, plaining, epoxy filling, sanding, more epoxy filling, adding client requested bowtie inlays, more sanding, staining and several coats of water resistive lacquer,....it might be the prettiest table we have ever done. So much character but smooth and splinter free.