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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Table Tops Ready For Shipping

I finally got the slabs to a state suitable for shipping to Denver.
This is the underside. Had to put in some reinforcement along each of the arms as they will break off quite easily. Made a 2" deep saw cut and filled it with some epoxy and fiberglass strips. Then sanded it down and gave it a final coat of epoxy. So each "arm" of the slab has beam running through the narrow sections.
You can see one arm has the tip broken off; happened before we got it so we decided to leave it as is. I haven't counted the rings but I did count a small section and estimate this tree was between 700 and 1000 years old. 
The top sides got an oil finish. 
The big one is a lot lighter. 
But the smaller one has more grain character. 
Wrap in plastic, build a box and foam it in place.
Add the small top and popcorn. Then a sheet of 1/2" foam and screw on the top.

All ready for UPS. Then I noticed that UPS has a extra charge for wood or metal containers. Guess I'll be wrapping it in cardboard before taking it in tomorrow.

The new look. Went from leprechaun to Col Sanders. 

Weather is starting to look very fallish. Could even see some very short lived snow showers this weekend. Still awfully perfect during the midday hours.

Next trip is to Denver in early Nov.  I'll report on how the tops faired in shipment and what we decide to do about a base for each table.

Stay warm.

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