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FAQ

  • Can you personalize items?
    Yes, we have a laser engraver and can engrave the wood portion of almost any product, as well as glasses and mugs that come with flights and caddies. The personalization can include text or images. Use the Contact Us or Custom Order pages if you have something specific in mind.
  • Can you make more than one item?
    Yes, we can make more than one item of a similar wood and epoxy combination, but all wood slabs are unique and won't be exactly alike.
  • What exactly is live-edge wood, why is it often used with epoxy and how does it differ from traditional furniture construction?
    Traditional furniture construction is based on the use of milled lumber that is perfectly straight and square on all four sides. For a traditional table-top, smaller pieces of uniform wood are glued together and clamped to form a surface of the intended size. This process depends on the lumber being uniform, straight and square. That means the natural edges of the tree as well as features like knots or holes, have to be cut away and eliminated.   Live-edge wood refers to wood slabs that still have the rugged and uneven shape of the tree when it was cut down. Often it still has the knots and holes that were part of the original tree. In order to make a uniform surface that is necessary for something like a table-top, the wood is cut to fit into a mold that is the size of the desired end product. The uneven spaces formed by the live-edge wood, as well as knots and holes, are then filled with epoxy, which is in a liquid format. This epoxy can either be clear or can be tinted with powders or dyes in just about any color imaginable. After several days, the epoxy will cure, or harden, and the finished product will be planed, sanded and trimmed similar to a traditional wood table top.
  • What woods do you work with?
    The woods we work with most frequently are walnut, maple, cherry and cedar. But we have a number of sources of wood and can source a variety of different woods. We've worked with zebra wood, canary wood, sassafras, butternut, sapele and others. If there is something you really want, we can probably find it.
  • What epoxy do you use?
    We use a variety of different epoxies, depending on specific needs and the depth of the pour. For our deep pours, we mostly use Super Clear Epoxy.
  • What finishing products do you use?
    It depends on the item and type of wear. For serving boards and beverage/flight boards that might come in contact with food and don't need protection from excessive wear, we use mineral oil and cutting board conditioner, which are both food safe. For tables and furniture items, depending on the customer needs and preferences, we use Odie's oil and Odie's wax, Rubio Monocoat or Osmo Poly X. Feel free to request a specific finish if you know what you want. Otherwise we will match the finish with your specific needs and taste. Sometimes we add an epoxy "flood coat" to the item for a very glossy and protected finish. Epoxy flood coats are completely food safe when fully cured.
  • How long does it take to create an item?
    Workload aside, it takes at least 3 days to cure any item. Planning, sourcing wood, planing, trimming, sanding and finishing can take another several days. That means most items take at least a week to produce, once they are started.
  • Are your serving boards food safe?
    Yes, all of our serving boards are finished with mineral spirits and cutting board conditioner, which are both food safe.
  • Can the serving boards be used as cutting boards.
    We don't recommend using the serving boards as cutting boards. Cutting on a board will scratch it and will dull your knives. Our boards are really meant to serve meats, cheeses, bread, fruits, vegetables, nuts. . . really anything. Load them up!
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