I would leave the western side the way it is, that is MT shape, I would work on the East side to add length, the east side is a 90* where it borders N Dakota. I would add there, dowels or biscuit joints to add it. Of course your base would have to support it, like a frame, so the 2 pieces dont snap off, the dowels/biscuit would just hold them together, if you do that make the other piece like ND shape in a contrasting wood, like a USA wooden map puzzle.
ND is pretty much just a rectangle, East side has a bit of shape to it.
Maple slab coffee table
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Re: Maple slab coffee table
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Re: Maple slab coffee table
Make a panel of contrasting wood the desired size of the table you want. Center "Montana" in that panel and draw/trace the slab onto your panel. Bandsaw the shape out of the panel and replace the cutout with your slab. Lots of ways to"attach" get creative.
JMHO
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1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
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2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
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Re: Maple slab coffee table
That's one mighty big inlay!rjent wrote:Make a panel of contrasting wood the desired size of the table you want. Center "Montana" in that panel and draw/trace the slab onto your panel. Bandsaw the shape out of the panel and replace the cutout with your slab. Lots of ways to"attach" get creative.
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I like that!!! Fill in with epoxy on the saw gap and a piece of lets say Baltic Birch base underneath for all to lay on. We are spit balling tonight!!rjent wrote:Make a panel of contrasting wood the desired size of the table you want. Center "Montana" in that panel and draw/trace the slab onto your panel. Bandsaw the shape out of the panel and replace the cutout with your slab. Lots of ways to"attach" get creative.
JMHO
Or a bigger ruff cut slab of contrasting live edge to to it in, Double the Look!!
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Re: Maple slab coffee table
Well, it IS Montana .....BuckeyeDennis wrote:That's one mighty big inlay!rjent wrote:Make a panel of contrasting wood the desired size of the table you want. Center "Montana" in that panel and draw/trace the slab onto your panel. Bandsaw the shape out of the panel and replace the cutout with your slab. Lots of ways to"attach" get creative.
JMHO
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And a plethora of small stuff .....
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1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
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Re: Maple slab coffee table
Thanks to everyone for all the good ideas.
I think that I first will trace the irregular western border onto a piece of paper and then transfer that tracing to another piece of wood that I will cut to match the tracing. If that goes well, I will try to fit the slab next to the matching cutout. If I get a good fit, I can size the coffee table to to whatever dimensions I want. I realize that, even with a relatively good fit, I will have some voids to fill at that joint.
I also like Brenda's idea about using polyester resin, but that task is beyond my experience, so it is second on the list.
Thanks again for all the recommendations.
Hank
I think that I first will trace the irregular western border onto a piece of paper and then transfer that tracing to another piece of wood that I will cut to match the tracing. If that goes well, I will try to fit the slab next to the matching cutout. If I get a good fit, I can size the coffee table to to whatever dimensions I want. I realize that, even with a relatively good fit, I will have some voids to fill at that joint.
I also like Brenda's idea about using polyester resin, but that task is beyond my experience, so it is second on the list.
Thanks again for all the recommendations.
Hank
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Re: Maple slab coffee table
JPG is 'out of town'.ERLover wrote: . . .
Nothing from JPG? Well he is a SS expert, not much for WW, maybe supporting the Native Americans today
'He' likes the big inlay approach with a glass top. The edges butting against all four sides of Montana can be thin veneer with some other supporting base(veneer easier to cut to irregular shape).
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Re: Maple slab coffee table
And with all the forest fires we are getting around here, dark edges make it realistic! Yes it is smoke season here in Big Sky!rjent wrote:Well, it IS Montana .....BuckeyeDennis wrote:That's one mighty big inlay!rjent wrote:Make a panel of contrasting wood the desired size of the table you want. Center "Montana" in that panel and draw/trace the slab onto your panel. Bandsaw the shape out of the panel and replace the cutout with your slab. Lots of ways to"attach" get creative.
JMHO