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Old 08-14-2022, 12:53 PM   #397
chubeyr1
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Originally Posted by opendoor View Post
That's figured wood. Because it's all end grain, you get very similar (but not identical) shapes with each piece. Imagine taking a 48" long board, cutting it into 2" lengths, and then gluing the 24 pieces side by side. With a plain board, it'd end up looking more like a butcher block, but with figured wood you can get all kinds of interesting shapes like in that table.

Very painstaking work though. The boards need to be dimensioned almost perfectly and extremely square. Especially on a 6' long table.
I literally have no idea about anything you just said.

Please ignore my ignorance.

A lot of posters here try to be the smartest person in the room. In this case you probably are.

It looks amazing.
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