table

We have been getting ready for the Moab Artists Studio Tour. We finished a japanese style dining table out of black walnut. We cut the black walnut tree out of a yard behind the movie theater. It was dead but a bit wet. We slabbed it on the saw, stacked and dried it. This week with the help of Dave Sadoff, we joined it with hand turned russian olive dowels and clamped it. Lots of sanding later and sitting on top of solid black walnut blocks the table is finished. We sealed the table with pure tung oil, wiped on by hand.