I had an Amish guy make my last table. 6’ diameter with a 3’ turntable in the middle. Still flat as can be. That was probably 25 years ago. Solid oak.
From: Peter Kranz Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 5:03 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Large slabs of wood How do you keep something that wide from curling? Attaching some kind of cross grain stabalizing board? These slabs are all hardwoods, so I guess they are more resistant to that kind of thing. They also are kilned and rather thick. I’ve not noticed any dimensional changes working with African Mahogany or Bubinga in 6/4 thicknesses. I’ve made four full slab desktops out of the stuff now. I did insert butterflies along defects however.
