Working on for a client...Starting with large thick walnut slabs from a local sawyer. First step was jointing a flat edge and gluing up the three main boards. Surface was flattened using old world tools and techniques...(my power planer can not handle 40" stock)
Next up rip and joint the remaining slabs for the narrower return part of the L shape.
stay tuned for more progress
Got this installed last week at the clients home
In my neighbor hood, we have spruce, aspen, fir, and lodgepole...no real hardwoods to speak of.
I build all type of furniture...rustic log, slab stuff like this to contemporary modern, and traditional cabinetry. This is all on top of my carpentry and flooring and tile work.
Its air dried...which unlike a lot of commercial black walnut lumber is often "steamed" to darken some of the sap wood. When air dried the wood retains a lot more of its character...these slabs were hand picked for the awesome "crotch" figure.