The Dovetail Kid » walnut http://dovetailkid.com Exploring woodworking using traditional hand tools Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:34:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Goby Walnut http://dovetailkid.com/2009/10/07/goby-walnut/ http://dovetailkid.com/2009/10/07/goby-walnut/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:27:14 +0000 Luis http://www.dovetailkid.com/?p=306 Goby Walnut slabWith the imminent move to the new house I’ve been thinking of a few woodworking projects I’d like to build. Nothing too large since space in the workshop is tight, but I guess a new coffee table would look really good in the new living room.

Being a fan of George Nakashima, I started sketching something with a solid walnut slab for the top. But where can I get such a piece of lumber? Research begun….

One of the first websites I came across was Goby Walnut who sells some of the most incredible walnut slabs I’ve ever seen. Some of the slabs for sale are so large that I guess you could build a twelve seat dining room table from a single slab, take the offcuts and build the coffee table to match.

Goby Walnut tree

Call me a city guy, but I had no idea that walnut trees could grow this large!

According to the Wikipedia, walnut trees can grow up to 40 meters tall but I guess the person who wrote that has never seen the one pictured on the right. Without reaching for a ruler, I’d say its probably taller!

This one is probably as high as the apartment builing I used to live in. What’s that guy doing up there?? Is this how they practice bungee jumping in the country side?

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