Leo made a table!!!

Finished!!  YAY!!!  I should have made this picture a lot nicer, but oh well.  You get the gist.  We bought the ash slabs for this table in Casper two years ago, but then we moved and it went into storage.  This summer Leo worked like crazy and was able to finish it.  

Ana helped sand one time--it was super helpful.  And Leo's cousin Nicholas came and stayed with us for two weeks in June/July and he's done a lot of woodworking so that was really helpful too.  He helped Leo with the epoxy.  And Leo had several coworkers that lent him tools.  Super nice of them.

These were the two original slabs.  We had to take them to a place in Ogden to get them cut precisely.  (Ugh, I can't remember now what it was exactly.)

Maybe it was just for this edge, because then Leo joined the two slabs together to make our table top. 

Lots of sanding.

The two slabs joined together!  And this was as far as we got for a year and a half.  

Then Leo bought some tools and went to work. 

Okay, out of order.  Sorry.

Before the bench was finished. 

And here it is mostly put together but not completely, it's just sitting there like a puzzle.  

I love the chocolate color.

Sebastian helped with the finish.  We were going to do an epoxy finish for the durability but I hated the shininess, so instead I did a spur of the moment search and found Rubio Monocoat and we love it.  Super, super simple to apply and get a professional looking finish.  

Sebastian torching epoxy bubbles.

I joined in for the finishing touches.  That part was fun.  

Our garage spelled like heaven while Leo was hand carving the base.  

This is how the base is held in place, with hand carved wedge things.  Leo did such a good job!!!  I'm so impressed!!!