Stabilizing a slab of highly splalted maple

[Rick Peek]

I have a slab of highly spalted maple and am going to make coffee table with it. I’m
looking for suggestion on the best way to stabilize and fill it in as it has quite a few
worm holes and cracks in it. I do not want the epoxy look as I hate it. I was
thinking of filling it in with epoxy then sanding it flush and top coat it with waterlox.
There are some weak spots and want to stiffen it up. Also looking for suggetion
on the large gap at the one end. I was thinking bow tie inlays but it’s a pretty wide
gap. Suggestions would be great!

[Al Weber]

For small panels I typically use CA glue to adhere sanding dust in the holes in spalted maple. That looks like a big job for that slab. If that large gap on the left side isn't stable, I would probably try to tie it into the base somehow. The other alternative might be a bow tie of a contrasting wood like ebony or maybe figured walnut. If the slab is dry, it should not need to be stabilized except for the punky areas.

[Walter Plummer]

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