Almost done with my patio table

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  1. Il_public_land_hunter

    Il_public_land_hunter Weekend Warrior

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    This is 1 of 2 tables I am making out of a tree I cut down in my back yard. Thinking it needs something but not sure. Thought I would share

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    cool. what kind of tree?
     
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  4. Il_public_land_hunter

    Il_public_land_hunter Weekend Warrior

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    It was an ash tree. Have another tree that will be coming down next year also. Got to love the emerald borer ash beetle. Killed hundreds of trees by me already
     
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    SharpEyeSam Legendary Woodsman

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    Looks good!
     
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    Looks great! Is that the top or are you going to put a glass top on?
     
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    Looks awesome!
     
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    can u use some of the limbs from the same tree for the legs?
     
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    Sucks to lose the ash trees, cool table.
     
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    I'd epoxy coat the top. Looks pretty cool.
     
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    If you seal it do the top and the bottom otherwise it will crack as it dries.
     
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    Did you burn the deer by hand? Looks awesome.
     
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    Very nice work.
     
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    Great idea. You just gave me an idea for the Oak tree i'm about to cut down.
     
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    Looks really cool!! Great job.
     
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    Thank you. Yeah it was a drawing i traced onto a piece of wax paper and burned it into the wood. Im not very artistic so had to be traced. Lol. Im planning on putting poly over the entire thing since it will be outside year round. Its gonna get a lot of poly thats for sure. Im going to let it sit in the garage for a few months to get completely dried out first. I have another one that is a little bigger and has a knot coming off it from a branch that i had cut off years ago. This was kind of a test subject. It was a big tree so I have lots more i could do if need be.
     
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  17. Il_public_land_hunter

    Il_public_land_hunter Weekend Warrior

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    Forgot. After I burned the outline in I took a MAPP gas torch and singed the body to give it the color. Took a few times of sanding it down and going back over it to get the shading the way I wanted it.
     
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    That is very cool. Great idea!! Looks great. Good job!


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