Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)
A month or so back I was asked by a friend if I would be interested in making a river table for their upcoming banquet and fund raising auction.It was of course a colaborative effort with the graphics/style and logo were decided on by the chair person. I had already decided on the lumber to use which was a piece of walnut with a sap wood live edge.
Having cut it in 2 pieces I reversed the sap wood and positioned it to appear as if sand on the riverbank. The width (16”) was determined by the width of the river and since the walnut was only 7/8” thick to begin with it ended up 3/4” as a ready plank.
After pouring the initial river in blue I laid in the dummy rounds.
Then a clear pour to bring the river level with the 'banks'
Then I rounded the top edge with a 1/4” round over bit and the bottom with a 1/8” round over bit.
To curtail dust and to maintain a constant temperature, I built an oven/pour station with plexiglass on one side. The temperature was maintained with 2 – 100 watt heat lamps installed in the top. I did hang a thermometer inside so I could keep it stable, not too hot and definitely not too cool.
I'll be attending the banquet and auction on the 13th of April, anxious to see how it's recieved