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Old 26th December 2007, 07:01 AM   #1
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ONE PIECE BLUE GUM SLAB TABLE Length 16ft 10in, width 5ft 8in at widest end. Weight Slab Table (approx 1900Kg), Slab Thickness 3.5inch, Height floor to underside of table 2ft 4in. Seats 30. 2-pack Estapol Finish, highlights the Tiger Grain strip pattern. milled from a dead Blue Gum on property at Esk. Timber fumigated to ensure no timber pests. $20,000

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Old 26th December 2007, 08:40 AM   #2
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Does it include the carton of XXXX???
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You'd have to pay me the 20K to drink that drain cleaner! (and even then I'd sell it on to someone else!)
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Old 26th December 2007, 11:13 AM   #4
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It is 16' long, maybe Ole Queen in Windsor Castle needs a new table for the servants.
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Yea 20k haha, remember is only worth what some mug is prepared to pay for it...
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It is a darned nice looking table though and even with the seats he used the natural fork/branch location to his advantage.

I reckon he might get $10K to $15K due to the size.
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I like it but not $20.ooo grands worth, I think from...mmm..maybe...$2500 to about maybe, $5000..?. But you never know there's a definate market out there, I was talking the wood bloke at timber town he was saying he sells slabs all the time....besides I'd have to put in my gararge it's the only place it would fit at my home!..LOL.
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Old 26th December 2007, 02:39 PM   #8
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besides I'd have to put in my gararge it's the only place it would fit at my home!..LOL.
And probly the only place that would support the 1900kg loading. I'd fit in my dining room, but i think it'd go straight through the floor!
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ekka---what is estapol finish???--the same as what in the usa?????? we have varnish, and polyurethane-------------and 20 bills---we need some of what he is smoking!!!!!!!!! must be good stuff!!!!!
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can you smoke blue gum?
my grandfather is into making "adirondack" furniture. he uses alot of stick that have been chewed by beaver as well as lumber he has sawed .unless thats one of the last trees of its kind it wouldnt be worth it to me but...someone with a large wallet and no conscience may snatch it right up. you just have to get it out there to be seen by as many as possible. must admit...it is perdy!
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Estapol is a timber varnish, polyurethane.

Many types to choose from, indoors, outdoors, marine, gloss, flat finish etc.

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Old 27th December 2007, 06:54 AM   #12
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I'd say it's worth at least 10K for starters. So even if it was 100% mark-up, that's not bad.

I used to build furniture and do woodworking when I was in high school - about 6 years worth. At one of Portland Oregon's big malls, I won the design trophy for one of my small tables.

For starters, I'd consider what a professional is worth for a month's salary. I think that 5K per month is the bottom rung for a craftsman, let alone an experienced one, especially if they own the business. And that's wage - not any consideration to equipment.

So when I sit here looking at that table, and think about the time it takes to:

1. Cut and mill the wood
2. Age the wood
3. Joint, plane or cut the wood
4. Fine-tune the joints
5. Fasten
6. Sand, and sand, and sand.
7. Finish it, sand more, finish it, sand more, finish it, etc., etc.

Seems that 10K to 12K might be the low end.

Let alone that the pieces for the benches are not easy to come by. The flat plank sections are probably a lot easier to cut, or come-by, than the end bench legs.

So 20K is probably very realistic for a high-end furniture store.

A lot will depend on how much time was put into small details, and how well it was fastened and finished. Including "was it sanded underneath the table top?" Some tables are not sanded beneath, but a nice one will be. A high-end furniture maker may even finish the underside with a Tung-oil or something, rather than leave it as bare wood.

Also, which furniture that large, simply moving the pieces and sections and sections alone, is worth hundreds in itself - just that one aspect. It's not where just one man moves, flips or hangs a small chair or chessboard to sanding, spraying or blowing dust from the grain with the air nozzle.

Each leg of the long benches would be an easy 90 degreen cut, if those were giant machined dowel rods. But they are not dowel rods. They are sections of trees, which are irregular. There could be up to an hour of time, just to wood-word the end of each leg with saws, sanders and chisels, so that it butts-up perfectly square to the bench, and then to the floor. And then each leg has to be nearly perfect, otherwise a high center leg, even if just a 1/4" high, forms a small teeter-totter effect. If any one leg is wood-worked 1/4" too short, it's a discard. So anywhere up to a full workshift could be required to do nothing else but get the legs fitted. Time could be a lot less, but not unless we want to be talking about a table only worth 7K.

I can't see the underside, but if I was building that, there would be a fairly strong framework hidden beneath to reduce future warping.

Custom furniture is what I would be doing right now, had the super fine wood dust from shop saws and sanders not caused so many pimples on my skin. Pruning saw dust is not near as dry or fine in most cases.
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I can see it going into a winery or restuarant etc.

Not too often are you going to get a 16' long slab 3.5" thick.
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Yeah MDV but after all that you have to end up with a product that is sought after at a price that fits the target market. Doesnt matter how much time goes into making something if it isnt what the people want.

I reckon if it were not in the "rustic" style that it is, but instead was made into "fine furniture" then it would appeal more to the man with $20k in his pocket.

The style has limited the market to a winery or restuarant like ekka said.

But hey, someone with shedloads of $$$ might buy it just for the hell of it, because they can. I probly would, but i dont even have a shed.............
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as mdvaden said--i see no bracing under the table--in other words--some cross pieces to keep it from warping--or better yet--BREAKING--you get something that wide--itll try to split or break in the middle if its handled at all wrong-----ive thought of this same thing as i have a really wide oak tree i want to do the same thing with
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Just got off the phone with Mick, he's the owner/seller of the set.

Great bloke and the table is reinforced with angle iron beneath in 5 places.

Hopefully he jumps aboard and posts some pics.

Mick also has more pics on his new website, check it out, not much on there about pest control but more great pics of this.

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Yeah MDV but after all that you have to end up with a product that is sought after at a price that fits the target market. Doesnt matter how much time goes into making something if it isnt what the people want.

I reckon if it were not in the "rustic" style that it is, but instead was made into "fine furniture" then it would appeal more to the man with $20k in his pocket.

The style has limited the market to a winery or restuarant like ekka said.

But hey, someone with shedloads of $$$ might buy it just for the hell of it, because they can. I probly would, but i dont even have a shed.............
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There is a much bigger market out there than we realize. Word of these craftman makes its way around, and there are a lot of people that don't even bat-an-eye at that kind of investment.

Also, the market is basically a huge market once word gets to that market. Basically, any part of Oregon, Colorado or California that has expensive resort and lodge areas, provides customers that are lodge owners, or owners of expensive cabins and mountain homes. Including log homes, which far exceed a few out west here.
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its a pretty unique piece,i'd say the price is about right.theres plenty of furniture on the web at a far higher price for a lesser product.having said that its a bit too rustic for me
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I think its absolutely beautifull!!!!

But then again, that thing is longer than the trailer I live in....
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I think he might just get the money,that isnt going to twist or warp...good job
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Impressive and inspiring.

Great info, you guys!
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more than i'm willing to pay but i guess you can sell anything for however much you want.
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Wonder if he sold it yet???

At least HE will be laughing if he has old it!!
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No doubt though its a fine looking tabe.
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Man OH Man, is that Table and Benches ever Awesome. Well Built, and Designed. $20,000.00, isn't out of the Road for something like that.
If you were able to sit down, and figure out what it would Cost to buy that Lumber at the Lumber Yard, it would probably Cost you, if not Close to $20,000.00, for the Lumber alone. Buying Lumber isn't Cheap. Bruce.
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wow , i could sale one table a year and then lay around for the rest of the year thinking of making another one . h
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I have no idea about the price, but the work is wonderful. Not for everyones diningroom, I guess.
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8' Boat Top Conference Table
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1800 for an 8 foot pressboard veneer table.

20k for a 16 ft custom table that would fit in a high end boardroom, with benches. I could see it.

Other 16 ft boardroom tables go for 7K to 10k, again pressboard veneer. And that's just for the table.
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Wow! I wonder what the shipping would be to USA? Can't be cheap.
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Im going to go along the murray river region one day and take the tops off some big red gum stumps for myself..
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