Wood Slab Made Into a Coffee Table

 

 

I pulled this one out of the archives.  30 years refinishing furniture, and this is still the only wood slab I have ever finished. I had to really think outside the box on a way to level the surface and prepare it for finishing.

 

 

Above: Here is the very large wood slab a customer asked me to sand and finish for use as a coffee table.

I like unique projects, so this job was a lot of fun!

 

 

 

   

 

Above....Sanding would have taken too long, so I made a special jig and used the router instead.

I attached the jig in the center of the table so it would spin 360 degrees.

 

 

  

 

Above...After I finished resurfacing with the router, it's obvious how much I had to remove to get a flat surface!

 

 

 

  

 

Above....I then sanded the surface of the wood slab smooth for finishing using hand sanders. I sanded the slab first with a belt sander, then followed it up with finer grits on the orbital.

 

 

 

   

 

Above...The large wood slab is finished and ready for delivery. There are a lot of finishes you can use for the top, but I stuck with catalyzed lacquer and buffed to a high sheen.