$2,600
This slab was in bad shape. There was dry rot that couldn’t hold the legs. There were cracks and worm holes that told me this tree was on a death spiral when it was cut. But I loved its imperfections. So my wife and I fed the bad sections with application after application of a very thin penetrating epoxy. In a couple of weeks, the wood became strong enough to hold the dowels that fastened the legs to the top. Then we applied twenty coats of oil until the wood purred under our fingertips. It won 3rd place at 2019 Orange County Fair. A woman bought it from an ad we placed in American Crafts Council magazine. 30″H x 43″W x 11″D, spalted lightly figured maple top and sapele legs.
