Help Me Make My Most Expensive Cut To-date
It's time. I've stared at these slabs long enough—time to fire up the track saw and get them into a mold.
This is my first $1,000+ cut, and yeah... I'm feeling the pressure.
A few things are set in stone (or, well, wood):
✅ These are the slabs. Perfect for an epoxy table? Doesn't matter. These are the slabs.
✅ Straight edge over live edge—going for a more formal look.
✅ Matte black epoxy for a clean, modern contrast.
I've attached photos of:
📌 The slabs
📌 A scrap frame outlining the 120"x40" table dimensions
📌 Some Photoshop mock-ups of the final look
Now, where I need your input:
I’m leaning towards offsetting the slabs rather than centering them. Why?
- Less flattening needed.
- I want to highlight the natural split.
- Asymmetry feels more dynamic—putting the concave sides together looks a little too much like a cat eye (especially with matte black epoxy).
What do you think? Do you like the orientation? What would you do? Hard to explain in text, so drop photos of your favorite similar projects!
