Coffee Table

This is a live edge coffee table I built out of spalted maple. This being my first time working with flattening or planing a larger piece of work I discovered a technique to achieve the desired result through building a router sled. The process is time consuming and messy but you can’t argue with the results.

There were a few knots in the wood that needed to be addressed so I filled them with marine-grade epoxy resin (mixed with black dye). After everything was sanded I applied a few coats of lacquer and some finishing wax and bought some hairpin legs off Amazon.

I was originally intending this to be a bench but after re-evaluating the finished aesthetics and furniture requirements in the home it became a coffee table.

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