We stopped at this roadside lumber yard (for lack of a better word) on the way back from the beach yesterday. I've been wanting to build a free-standing bar topped with the local wood and this place had lots of slabs. With the kids in th back, I told the guy I'd be back tomorrow.
This place is literally on the side of the highway. There were about 6 guys working on this massive slab table with a Nakashima-esque base. The top was two boards easily 6'x8' and at least 4" thick. Half of them were working in flipflops
My Spanish is so-so but my wife helped. When I asked the one guy yesterday how much one of the slabs was (8' x 22" x 2"), I couldn't believe the ridiculously low number I was hearing. My wife confirmed.
There's this IKEA commercial where this wife is running out the store yelling at her husband to start the car because she got a steal. That was me today. The only annoying thing is you can't disable the hatch open alarm on this car. For the price I paid, I was willing to live with it.
Here it is. A slab of conacaste wood. It's known by other names in Central America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterolobium_cyclocarpum
This is the underside of the slab and there are some long cracks but I will be cutting about 2' off to make a 6' top. This slab is 22" wide, over 8' long, and about 6/4. I could have gotten an 8/4 board for the same price but this one was more finished. They don't really abide by the 1"/year rule here. They start working with the boards almost as soon as they're cut. I'm going to treat the board with borax in case there are any bugs but it's going to be months before I'm close to a finished bar.
All this for $76 and the guy loaded it for me!
This place is literally on the side of the highway. There were about 6 guys working on this massive slab table with a Nakashima-esque base. The top was two boards easily 6'x8' and at least 4" thick. Half of them were working in flipflops
My Spanish is so-so but my wife helped. When I asked the one guy yesterday how much one of the slabs was (8' x 22" x 2"), I couldn't believe the ridiculously low number I was hearing. My wife confirmed.
There's this IKEA commercial where this wife is running out the store yelling at her husband to start the car because she got a steal. That was me today. The only annoying thing is you can't disable the hatch open alarm on this car. For the price I paid, I was willing to live with it.
Here it is. A slab of conacaste wood. It's known by other names in Central America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterolobium_cyclocarpum
This is the underside of the slab and there are some long cracks but I will be cutting about 2' off to make a 6' top. This slab is 22" wide, over 8' long, and about 6/4. I could have gotten an 8/4 board for the same price but this one was more finished. They don't really abide by the 1"/year rule here. They start working with the boards almost as soon as they're cut. I'm going to treat the board with borax in case there are any bugs but it's going to be months before I'm close to a finished bar.
All this for $76 and the guy loaded it for me!
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