Pics of three tables I’ve made recently – all are from the same beech tree that fell over in the wind about 4 years ago.
Small
– this one is being used as a plant stand. It was narrow enough to fit through the 12″ thicknesser then was finished with a hand planer. The legs are beech branches.
Medium
– this one has some nice spalting lines around the edges. Flattening this was the first test of my home-made “router sled jig slab flattening contraption” (not sure what to call it, but it worked!) which I’ll post details of another time.
The hairpin legs were made by Designer Legs
Large
– this one weighs a ton and has some interesting features and curves.
It was initially cut from a massive log with a chainsaw “freestyle” as my milling setup wasn’t ready at the time. There are still 2 or three slightly wider and more uniform slabs still to come from the remains of this log, hopefully.
The “router-sled-jig-contraption” was used to flatten both sides, then it was sanded (and sanded and sanded again) to a very smooth finish and varnished with a tough matt glaze.
These three-prong hairpin legs were made by Designer Legs too.
