Major Maple Slab Gloat

[John Michaels]

Just got these sanded today. I'm making a dining room table, can't wait to eat dinner on it!! The maple is a little curly and spalted.

The slabs are 7 feet long, 2 inches thick, and together measure about 40 inches wide.

Thanks for looking.

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[Russ Boyd]

That's going to look great. Be sure to post some pics as you go. Nice score.

[Joe Leigh]

Wow! looks beautiful just like that! Just put a couple of saw horses under them and pass the biscuits...

[Myk Rian]

I have a better use for it. Ship it here and I'll make something useful.

[Mike Cruz]

Wow, I look forward to the pics...

[Prashun Patel]

Beautiful. The shape is absolutely perfect. Please tell me yr NOT going to joint the mating edges...

[Ted Calver]

Great find..i've been looking for some to do the exact same thing. That's going to be a beautiful table

[Mike Thomas]

John, where did you get maple? And if you don't mind my asking what did you have to give for it? I am looking for a source of 2" or better slab maple on the west coast.

[John Michaels]

John, where did you get maple? And if you don't mind my asking what did you have to give for it? I am looking for a source of 2" or better slab maple on the west coast.

I bartered for the wood. I have a window cleaning business, and one of my customers had these slabs in his barn. So I cleaned the windows at the house in trade.

Slabs like this aren't too hard to find if you look around, but price can really vary. Everything from reasonable to sky high in price.

[Jim Becker]

Ooh...outstanding! I have a table of that format on my planned project list, too...I hope I find a couple boards that nice when the time comes!