There is another slab from the tree trunk i an going back and get another 4 inches of it which will bring it to the ground. My wife thinks we could get some money for it!

Let it dry till the humidity is 7%. They sell moisture meters on Amazon. If you bring it indoors it should be dry in 12 months. When dry, flatten with router sled if you can. Then sand. Before you put the epoxy apply one coat of sanding sealer. The sanding sealer should be dry in less than one hour. IMMEDIATELY after its dry, flip the slab and apply sanding sealer on the other side. If you wait 8 hours, your slab will have warp significantly even if the wood is dry to 7%. Then flip the slab back and forth until you have 4 coats of sanding sealer on EACH side. The next day you can flood it with epoxy on your favourite side. You may have to apply 2 coats of epoxy. If you don't apply sanding sealer before the epoxy, the epoxy will keep getting air bubbles till it hardens. I'm talking from experience. I had to redo my table .. reflaten on router table etc. The sanding sealer is necessary BEFORE epoxy only because it is end grain. Good luck.

Thanks for the info! I was raised up in the Ottawa Valley little town called Chapeau Que where are you located! Just curious?

Noelville, Ontario

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Papa Steve thanks for the compliment. Very rewarding once it's done. Ya those legs design is very strong!

Thank You. It was a lot of work but rewarding.

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Thank you and yes I learned a lot for shure.

Thank You. I used to be a metal worker. Cheers!

Thanks. Yep it's in my house. Some people would like to buy it but I won't sell it. Cheers !

Thanks Peter!

I now really like conversion varnish for table top. Also know as post cat laquer.

Yea thats one thing im finding out about woodworking and other stuff, even experts have to do things over again. It's more about your ability to resolve problems and fix things than getting it all right perfectly the first time you do it

Same here. I cut a huge 40+ inch oak slab and am now ready to start on it.

George Alderson i have one slab like the one in this video but a little smaller. Im thinking of letting it dry inside for two months and then sand it and apply vernish to make an end table. Im wondering if thats enough or if it will break like yours

@@sarahv.990Well I am no expert on the subject Sarah but I think that they probably have to dry out for years rather than for months, depending on things like size and where it came from and so on! How did you acquire it as, if it came from a timber yard, it may have already been seasoned as they call it? I am not sure where my slab came from but it was quite thick and heavy and it was in the classroom for perhaps 6 weeks or more, while I was working on it, before the night it exploded! I read that they need to be dried for one year for every inch of thickness of the wood! Anyway I am going to do a bit of research and see if there are any videos about it.

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