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So I was going camping last weekend and ran across a small sawmill with slabs displayed outfront. Of course I fell in love with the one in bad shape... a piece of what they called Canyon Oak or Live Oak. It is in very rough shape...lots of checking, bug holes, splintering. I have absolutely no experience using wood like this and was hoping to get some advice. Going to be an entry table.
My plan is to....
- Plane the two faces with a standard slab / router jig...currently 3" .... need to get down to at least 2.5" to make it not look top heavy. (and hopefully get to more stable wood)
- Then I am going to apply Total Boat Penetrating Epoxy, thinned out as much as possible. Soak as much as possible into wood.
- Then rip the edges of the board and trim the ends, idea being that the epoxy will keep the edges from splintering
- Penetrating Epoxy over the new cuts
- Epifanes Varnish over the sanded epoxy
Smaller piece basically the same procedure...but I will soak with epoxy to stablize then cut off 3/8 " veneers for drawer fronts