[Sangre Naranjada]

Hello guys........long time looker, but rarely post. Decided to post a few pictures of a bar top from chainsaw milled mesquite wood. The length is 78", width 28", and thickness is 2". The horns in the center were cut out with a rotozip and them filled with west epoxy died black. It is for a deer lease cabin in south Texas for a family friend. Please comment/critque....(pretty much a beginner here so be easy!)

 

[rayking49]

That is very very nice. Love the inlay. Never thought about using dyed epoxy.

 

[mdntrdr]

Looks great! :thumbsup:

What type of dye did you use for the epoxy?

 

[Dominick]

No critiques from me. Looks real nice.
Nice work.

 

[Travico]

Just LOVELY! I am seeing more and more of the dyed epoxy inlays.

 

[Da Aardvark]

I use a lot of epoxy but never dyed it.
Can you explain what/how you did that?

Also, a nice bar top. Never see mesquite around these parts, not even in the BBQ. (we use hickory bark).

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Thank you all for the replies. The epoxy dye is from
Woodcraft and is made by Mixol. You just
Mix your epoxy and then add a few drops of
whatever color you want in it then pour....
pretty simple really​

 

[ddreese]

Looks great. I might actually try inlays now. I don't have the patience and time to get the perfect fit required for conventional inlays to look good.

 

[Gilgaron]

That looks great! Was it much trouble working with the mesquite? I was under the impression it was used for barbeque because it was too hard to do much else with.

 

[03svtsnakevert]

Wow! That really looks awesome! I hope to one day make something like that.

 

[Brian T.]

That's beautiful. Weld it to the floor so nobody can take it home. My best advice is to do another. That should sell for big money. I was going to say that it would sell for big bucks but a little too 'punny.'

 

[knotscott]

Love the mesquite!

 

[Hunter]

Mesquite is hard, but it's too pretty to just burn.

Great looking bar!

Hunter

 

[unclefester]

Did you really use a chain saw to resaw the logs?
Any tricks you learned and would like to share? I have a five foot log I was going to burn but you gave me second thoughts.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Working with mesquite isn't really that difficult
The wood usually has cracks and voids that can be
filled with epoxy. This is probably the "hardest"
part about working with mesquite. A good thing
about it is that it doesn't shrink much and when
it does, it shrinks uniformally in all directions.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Unclefester.....I have a chainsaw mill that I
use to mill all my mesquite. For me it's easier
to mill the logs in the field as I don't have
the heavy equipment to load and unload these
heavy logs.

 

[cuerodoc]

Really like that table!
If I ever get tired of turning i have several folks around here that would buy something like that in less than a heartbeat.

Mesquite is my favorite wood to use. Thankfully I have lots of friends around that let me "harvest" whenever they knock one down, and pretty much do all my milling with a chainsaw too ('cept by hand).
Have you tried Huisache yet?? Kind of hard to find a big enough tree, but the wood is really attractive--has a nice orangish hue to it and takes finish well--a bit harder than mesquite though.
Dave H

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Cuerodoc.....I'm right down the road from
you in Victoria. I'm fortunate too in the respect
that I have a good friend who lets me harvest
Trees when I need some wood. Haven't tried
the dreaded "weestache" yet...but I think I know
where I can get some big ones(Schroeder area)

 

[unclefester]

Sangre
Thanks. I'll look to find someone in my area with a mill and drag the log to them.
Any problems with running mesquite through a planer?

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

I have not had any issues running the mesquite through a planer (and the planer I have is a cheapo Rigid from HD!)