Tallowood Slab Dining Table

**Gordo78** · 29th January 2011, 01:23 PM

Here's a thread for my Tallowood slab dining table, milled by my dad and I 3 years ago. The legs and rails have been planed and as of this morning, the top has been planed and are ready for building/finishing. Fingers crossed the link works, the pics are attached.

Not the best pics, but i'm sure i'll get a couple good ones once i start finishing and building.

**artme** · 29th January 2011, 01:59 PM

Gorgeous timber!!!

I'm very partial to Tallowood.

**jimbur** · 29th January 2011, 02:05 PM

That is nice.
Cheers,
Jim

**Claw Hama** · 29th January 2011, 07:36 PM

Looks great Gordo but the top doesn't look like Tallowwood to me, looks more like Spotted Gum. Tallowwood is usually a yellowish colour.

**Sawdust Maker** · 29th January 2011, 07:41 PM

Looks interesting - I'll take a seat and watch

Don't ya hate it that the tray of a yoot is never big enough

**Gordo78** · 29th January 2011, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Looks great Gordo but the top doesn't look like Tallowwood to me, looks more like Spotted Gum. Tallowwood is usually a yellowish colour.

100% tallowood.

**Claw Hama** · 29th January 2011, 08:53 PM

Fair enough, I have my cupa and waiting for the next photos.

**Gordo78** · 29th January 2011, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Looks interesting - I'll take a seat and watch

Don't ya hate it that the tray of a yoot is never big enough

Yep, hopefully this is the last time it will ever hace to go in there!!

**Gordo78** · 29th January 2011, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Fair enough, I have my cupa and waiting for the next photos.

It's probably the darkest tallow I've seen but the photos don't do it justice. You've only got to touch it to feel that tallowood waxiness. The original tree has been in the family history for 30+ years.

**Claw Hama** · 29th January 2011, 09:27 PM

It will be there for a lot longer now

**Peter36** · 30th January 2011, 11:40 AM

The first pic looks yellowish while the third is much darker .Lighting/camera effects. and the legs are yellowish.
Heavy though

**Gordo78** · 30th January 2011, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Peter36

The first pic looks yellowish while the third is much darker .Lighting/camera effects. and the legs are yellowish.
Heavy though

Yep it's heavy, and i've been icing my back for the last 24 hours to prove it....

**Gordo78** · 1st February 2011, 08:06 PM

wow, so many questions regarding the sanding/finishing? and probably some real dumb ones, here goes:
1. how wet do you make it when you "wet" the slab to raise the fibres
2. sanding sealer????
3. "marine grade, heat resistant polyurethane"?????
4. it's be through a thickneser (planned), so what grade sand paper do i start at?

**Arry** · 1st February 2011, 09:19 PM

Hey nice one, I am doing a slab myself at the moment out of Marri...I have a thread on it in the general forum.

As it us one big piece how did you flatten it....ie with a handplane, powerplane, beltsander, scaper etc?

**Gordo78** · 3rd February 2011, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Arry

Hey nice one, I am doing a slab myself at the moment out of Marri...I have a thread on it in the general forum.

As it us one big piece how did you flatten it....ie with a handplane, powerplane, beltsander, scaper etc?

I tracked down a guy with a wide enough thicknesser and he ran it through taking the slight cup out of one end. Which was great until we had these hot days in northern NSW and the

slab cupped from the heat.

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