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shom
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A long and narrow slab of walnut on a workbench. It has two "live edges" with lighter color sap wood and darker middle. The lower edge is next to a black straight edge and this is the front of the shelf.
A long and narrow slab of walnut on a workbench. It has two "live edges" with lighter color sap wood and darker middle. The lower edge is next to a black straight edge and this is the front of the shelf.
A close of the front live edge. Mineral oil application has made the wood look much darker to simulate what a finished version might look like. There's a curve that protrudes out and it has a crazy amount of "crotch figure" (swirly lines and patterns) and chattoyance.
A close of the front live edge. Mineral oil application has made the wood look much darker to simulate what a finished version might look like. There's a curve that protrudes out and it has a crazy amount of "crotch figure" (swirly lines and patterns) and chattoyance.

I bought this slab of walnut two years. This has been many things in my head over that time. It's too short and narrow for a lot of those applications, but the two year timer is up and it has to become something.

So it'll be a monitor riser shelf for my desk. With the live edge on the front and the back squared off to avoid the sap wood. Looks like it'll be 44½" (113 cm) on the 55" (140 cm) table top, 12" (30.5 cm) at the narrowest and 15" (38 cm) at the widest.

Did some rough block planing and put some mineral oil to get a feel for what the showcase feature is going to be... just look at that crotch figure 😍

#Woodworking #BuildThread

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shom
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An e-ink tablet (PineNote) in the dark with the screen illuminated with an amber backlight. There are three iterations of drawings of the side profile of stubby angular legs, each more detailed. The last one with measurements.
An e-ink tablet (PineNote) in the dark with the screen illuminated with an amber backlight. There are three iterations of drawings of the side profile of stubby angular legs, each more detailed. The last one with measurements.

Today was leg (design) day on the PineNote!
I don't know if I have the skills to actually build this with the angles as drawn. I want something that's not just rectangles sticking out of a slab, want to try stuff, but without doing too many design elements and detracting from the wood figure.

I don't have enough walnut for legs but I have some cherry that I can mill up to be 1" (2.5 cm) thick or the most sensible way to say it: ⁴/₄ four quarter 🤦🏽‍♂️

Tomorrow we cut into the slab... hyperventilation!

#Woodworking #BuildThread #PineNote

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Nathan Arthur
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@shom woo!

I have a slab that I flattened, then life got in the way so it’s been sitting in storage for years. It was meant to be a media stand, but I did a million leg design ideas and none of them seemed right. I never did pick. So I get that desire to make something interesting. But it’s better that you’re just diving in 😁

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@narthur I'm diving right in... After two years and many failed designs. This artificial dealing (no its not, it's very real) is a good motivator. Mostly because I will definitely want to pick up another slab for a good deal when I go to Handworks in Amana, IA September 4/5.