Old woodworking methods as well as old wood? Sometimes we take for granted how long a tree has been standing when we’re focused on the end product. Ronny realized the red oak that fell in the 2017 due to Hurricane Irma must have been standing for nearly one hundred years. What better way to pay homage to the time period from which this tree originated, than to use bygone woodworking techniques. Some of the cuts make in this longstanding tree were made with tools from that era. It gives a different perspective on what we have now by cutting up a piece of wood with a large gas or electric powered saw.
That’s one if the things we like best about our metal legs – they utilize a material that has a long history itself. Somehow is seems appropriate to use an age-old material to support your hundred-year-old slab of wood. Ronny chose to pair steel bench legs with this massive oak slab. Knowing steel bench legs can easily match the durability of a massive oak slab must be reassuring.
This oak creation is perfect for either a bench or a coffee table depending on what your needs are at the moment. We love how the shape of this coffee table provides extra “couch frontage,” if you will, without the entire table being larger. Maintaining the original shape of the tree and the living edge of the tree also connects the finished furniture to the original tree. Flat bar bench legs go perfectly with this substantial piece of furniture. That’s why we offer so many types of metal legs – we want to be sure you get just the right set of metal legs for your project. With two types of bench legs, five styles of hairpin legs, tapered angle iron legs, and tube steel furniture legs, there are lots of options to be sure you get the perfect match for your furniture.
