butzla
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Haven't posted here in a while but I recently acquired an OF2200 router and I will say I was most impressed. I own the 1010 and the 1400 but I was able to score this bad boy and the accessory kit which is The Bomb. I didn't have to make any any jumbo base plates the accessory kit had me covered. I've never made a table without using traditional legs and aprons but the recent trend but a client insisted on having steel legs with no apron. So I used the OF2200 to route the dados for the c-channel and also the mortise for the leg base. These C-channels are 3/4" thick but the finished thickness of the slab was too thin to do a full recess.
About the wood. My brother recently bought a horse farm and in the attic of the barn he had all these used 2" thick white oak boards that were once used to line the walls and floor of a stable. Apparently white oak is preferred wood because it holds up well to the moisture from the horse pee pee and kaka. But they were so badly twisted and cupped that I ended but with a finished thickness of 1 3/8". I filled all the knots and bolt holes with Total Boat deep pore epoxy tinted black. I had to make numerous bowties to keep all the cracks in check. Will they hold? Time will tell. They add character to the top and rustic is what they wanted. Hope you like!
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About the wood. My brother recently bought a horse farm and in the attic of the barn he had all these used 2" thick white oak boards that were once used to line the walls and floor of a stable. Apparently white oak is preferred wood because it holds up well to the moisture from the horse pee pee and kaka. But they were so badly twisted and cupped that I ended but with a finished thickness of 1 3/8". I filled all the knots and bolt holes with Total Boat deep pore epoxy tinted black. I had to make numerous bowties to keep all the cracks in check. Will they hold? Time will tell. They add character to the top and rustic is what they wanted. Hope you like!
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