I repaired an interesting carved table at a warehouse recently.
This table was very heavy and was solid wood. Reminded me of a maple burl wood, but it did come from Thailand.
When the warehouse guys opened the box they discovered a very large crack in the side!
This is solid wood, and the temperature changes probable caused it to crack during shipment.
I had to make sure that the dowel that connects the leg fit perfectly.
I shaved some of the wood off with a hand plane to make it flat where the crack goes across the hole. I then had to fill and match the color.
Below is the result.
And another picture with the table turned right side up.
As I was packing up to leave one of the warehouse guys looked at the table and said,
“Wow, that looks just like Abraham’s table!” I realized he was talking about Abraham in the bible. He goes on to say, ” You know the one he used, and he almost sacrificed his son on it!”
I laughed because it did look like some kind of sacrificial table. I said, “Abraham had great faith didn’t he?”
The warehouse guy replied, “And I should of had more faith, because I thought there was no way you could have repaired that table!!”
Zeke Willard