The client's wife said this nearly ninefoot 500lb slab of live edge walnut was too big for their house. And I was a little nervous working on a $6700 chunk of wood that might not be able to be used. The husband said to go ahead though, so I just made the best table I could and hoped she was wrong.

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0:00 Intro
0:58 How to tell if wood is dry
1:59 Woodworking project
3:44 Live edge wood cleanup
5:58 How to make penetrating epoxy
7:14 Why Cchannel slab table
9:49 Live edge tip/trick
11:52 First big mistake (today)
13:49 Bow tie layout
15:25 Dangerous woodworking
16:44 Bow tie inlay
20:04 More dangerous woodworking
21:30 Finishing a live edge table
23:49 Ceramic coat on wood
25:26 Delivery day

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