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.

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.

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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.