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Here is a cedar stump a coworker brought to me. He had split it with a chainsaw and wanted to make his wife a table. I agreed to help my friend. I set it in the shop for about a year and slowly would drag it out and work on it a little. It was fun to build. The finish is poly and BLO. I used sycamore for the base then wrapped it with tongue and groove ceder. She is flat and sturdy. I am told He gave it to his wife and she loves it. Thats what it is all about.
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The whole shop smelled like ceder and I love that smell. I have some shavings in my closet. Thanks for reading.

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Love it Dave, Makes me want to dig my cedar out and start making sawdust…..
 

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How cool is that Dave….....Very cool…Great story…..remember the jingle, if you've got the time, we've got the beer…...just substitute "cedar" and you've got a new jingle…...:)

Nicely done

Jeff
 

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Dave, awesome build. The finish looks great, like design of it too.
 

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Marty I love the smell. The sad thing is my wife has asthma and is allergic. I have to bath right when I come inside. Dang it.
Thanks Jeff, the pictures don't do it justice but one whole side of that log has some wonderful curl to it.
Thanks Shane. I do like showing a piece to be a tree sometimes.
I have the other side of the log. I cant use it in the house. So it will become shop furniture or gifts.
Thanks guys.
 

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I'll throw a piece of cedar at the lathe just to smell up the WoodShack…..
 

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Dave,
Can you tell me about the joinery?
 

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The post is a simple floating tenon made with 2 one inch oak dowels. I then drilled at a 45 degree hole and pegged it to the top. The post to the 4/4 base was done with the one inch dowels also. Then I took some more 4/4 and butted it up to the post. So I basically made a mortice one side at a time.That made the base 2 inches thick and heavy. Not very neat at all. I new I was going to wrap it in ceder. Knowing the joinery would be hidden I didn't get fancy.
Thanks for the comment.
 

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Sturdy? This puppy could hold a truck ,thats one beautiful hunk of wood.
 

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Thanks Jim. You are to kind.
 

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Yes!

That SMELL is just wonderful to work with… YES!

Awesome table! Looks like the Top weighs a couple hundred pounds…

Before I saw where you got the wood, I was wondering what you did with the REST of the tree!

Terrific job… That took some Special work to get it SO FLAT!

Thank you for showing it…

I'm sure she loves it…

You should be very proud!
 

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Great job, what a nice peice of wood. Congrats…..
 

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Fantastic rustic table Dave. That Cedar has some some beautiful coloring. Did you plane that whole thing by hand? Whew! Unfortunate that your wife is allergic to it. I remember as a toddler visiting my uncle in North Dakota, he had his basement walls paneled in Cedar. I just loved to go down there for the smell.
 

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Beautiful table & a great job.
 

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Thanks Ken
Yes Mike I did. I did it in about 4 different good workouts. I smelled wonderful.
Hey there Charles, Thank you as well.
Marty, thank you to
Great guys, glad you enjoyed;)
 

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That is a sweet, actually aromatic table! Nice job!

You can always send me your cedar, woodn't want to chance your better half having an allergic reaction!!! Lol.
 

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an awesome hunk-a-hunk-a Cedar. I think I can smell that gr8 aroma just lookin at all those purdy curls.. I like the Ford products in the background too. :)
 

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Thanks Randy I start making a stamp big enough.
The old ford is pushing 175000 miles. Thanks Roger.
 

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Why thank you Eddie.
He is ok with me to…..
 
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