Double Stump Table
bound for Atlanta, Georgia

the most beautiful of stumps begin, at our shoppe, like this.
All dirty and dark looking.
As work progress' on these stumps, we will post photo's here for review.

This piece is one of two stumps that will end up as a conference table base.

After carefully marking for a rough cut, the cut is made using a large chain saw.

The piece is now ready for what we call the leveling table which is a guided routing table.  Guiding system being built by ourselves since no such piece of equipment exists, to our knowledge.

I was looking for light colored pieces for this project. These two stumps (more below) seem to work very nicely.

After several more weeks at high temperatures, the moisture content is reduced to what we want and an intitial seal coat is applied.


The next several coats of finish on the stump along with hand rubbing will produce a softness like this picture.

 

This photo was taken in the seasoning or "hot" room as we frequently refer to it. Actually it is a "kiln" where we accomplish final tasks of drying to proper moisture contents.

A few more days of fine  finishing. Looks like the project is nearing a a ship date in about a week. These beautiful stumps will go to their job as supports for a glass top conference table.

Updated May 18th, 08

Example of the "glow" of the finish.

These photo's taken as the finish is finalizing. Photo directly below has the best lighting and one can see the yellowish cast.

It began, below.