Dave's Kitchen Island
This woodworking project presented more than a few challenges from getting this slab flat to narrowing the whole thing but keeping the live edge intact, and that was just the beginning.
First things first, I used a low angle jack plane to get the slab relatively flat then we scribed a line using a compass so it would move the natural edge in a few inches then cut it with a jigsaw.
First things first, I used a low angle jack plane to get the slab relatively flat then we scribed a line using a compass so it would move the natural edge in a few inches then cut it with a jigsaw.
Next we prepped the slab for epoxy by using aluminum tape to seal off the bottoms of any cracks

We flipped the piece back over and I cutout some bow ties on the band saw
and fitted them into some of the larger cracks on the topside of the slab.
Now we filled the cracks with several coats of copper epoxy, waited for it to harden then cleaned up the slab with a toothed jack plane and put on 5-10 coats of satin poly. Then it was ready to install on a custom leg and powder coated wall bracket.