Olive slabs
Posted: July 27th, 2021, 9:05 am
A while back I chainsawed an olive flat and noticed it had an interesting pattern to the wood. Since then I've tried to cut a slab off of the larger olives that I've dug to one day use for display purposes.
I finished up these three during lockdown. My chainsawing is pretty rough so after I chainsaw the slab off (and leave it to dry) I do a lot of planing to get things flat and level, then some sanding, and then finish with tung oil which does a good job at bringing out the patterns in the wood without making it too shiny.
For sanding these slabs I used a random orbital sander with whatever discs I had in the shed (lockdown and all...) which ended up being 40, 60 and 240 grit - a winning combination! For the sides I used a Dremel to sand off the sharp and loose bits.
I finished up these three during lockdown. My chainsawing is pretty rough so after I chainsaw the slab off (and leave it to dry) I do a lot of planing to get things flat and level, then some sanding, and then finish with tung oil which does a good job at bringing out the patterns in the wood without making it too shiny.
For sanding these slabs I used a random orbital sander with whatever discs I had in the shed (lockdown and all...) which ended up being 40, 60 and 240 grit - a winning combination! For the sides I used a Dremel to sand off the sharp and loose bits.