Thread: 3m Live Edge Dining Table Slab

Contact Greg Ward at Botique Timbers. He has just cut some beautiful camphor that might be just what you want
Cheers
Tom

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Another one for Greg Ward

More work plus some silver ash

2 BIG camphor logs

A good day.

Alternatively if you're not able to travel to Telegraph Point, you could try Living Timber at Penrith who sometimes gets that sort of thing.

Gallery | Living Timber Co

Cheers, crowie

Denis Anderson-Newcastle Timber Slabs, he advertises on the wood selling group on Facebook. Gets some nice stuff. Good bloke too.

Originally Posted by royourboat

Hi, I'm looking to acquire a live edge dining table top for 10-12 seats, so 2.7-3m long x 1.0-1.2m wide.

First preference would be for a one piece, but would consider two pieces joined down the longer centreline. If I can't find live edge slab(s) within my budget then I would have to consider building it from boards.

I like the look of most woods, but for this area of the house I would lean towards browns or brown-honeys, so Acacia, Marri, Kauri, Camphor. Totally open to suggestions.

Rohan
A table that seats 10 comfortably needs to be about 3.6 to 3.9 metres long -- that's 4x700 + 2x400 **
A table only 3 m long will be a tight fit for 10 people.
For 12 people -- 5 sitting on each side -- a tight fit would require a table about 3.8 m long. Comfortable seating implies a table about 4.3 m long.


Do you have space for a table that big? Don't forget you also need to allow 900 to 1100 at each end so that people can get into and out of the end chairs.



** my furniture design book suggests that "tight seating" requires a space 600 mm wide, while "comfortable seating" implies a space 750mm wide. I've gone for a place setting width of 700mm.
There's also issues around where the table legs are placed viz-a-viz the chairs and the diner's knees.
And designing the table height to allow for the diner's thigh room viz-a-viz the table height.

Designing a dining table is not as straight forward as sitting a slab on a pair of legs.