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Real tree slab to desk

Finishing a slab of wood

Oct. 23, 2017 -

Right next to the house were I was born there was this chestnut tree, sadly it died one and a half year ago. When it was taken down, my brother saved me a slab of wood. I intended to create something from it, a nice "do it yourself" adventure, worthy of a blog post!

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Sawing off rough edges
Sawing off rough edges
Testing the design concept
Testing the design concept
Glueing together
Glueing together
Drilling holes for the wooden pins
Drilling holes for the wooden pins
Fresh lacquer... again
Fresh lacquer... again
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Multitool sawing

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