My neighbor asked me to help him make a black walnut step in front of his electric fireplace. I drove over to Austin Hardwoods and they had a beautiful unit of extra wide 4/4 black walnut in the rough. It was very nice stuff and we found several pieces that were 15 1/2” wide by 12 ft long that were perfectly clear. We milled it yesterday and he put the first coat of finish on. Hopefully install it today. 
Paul

Awesome piece of walnut!

1 hour ago, lew said:

Awesome piece of walnut!

It sure is!   Danl

I love walnut and that is a beautiful piece.

So no good deed goes undone. Now the lady of this house wants a black walnut butcher block counter top to match the step. It’s for a wine cooler next to it. Good thing they are good friends 😎 It’s 25 1/2” wide by 47” long. We glued up the two blanks today and tomorrow we will run them through the planer and then join the two blanks into one countertop. Then we will run them through the new drum sander. 
Paul

Just did the final glue up 

Paul

Lookin good!

We finished up the countertop and put the finish on. This was the first serious use of the new sander and it did pretty well. 
Paul

That is pretty!!

Turned out fantastic Paul.

The owner just sent me a picture of it installed. 
Paul

Looks awesome there!

The top is beautiful.   

Danl