My wife and I took one of our frequent "Check Out of the big city" trips
this weekend and happened up on a furniture store located in Brenham, TX.
They import all of their furniture from South America. They had several
large dining room tables but the biggest was really big.
The table had 2 benches with no backs style seating that ran the length
of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab of
wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4" thick.
That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2 tree trunks
that were about as wide as the table top. The store owner estimated that
the table top alone was about 2,000 lbs.
"John McCoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> My wife and I took one of our frequent "Check Out of the big city"
>> trips
>> this weekend and happened up on a furniture store located in Brenham,
>> TX.
>
> That sounds familiar - it that where the ice cream is? Yum
Yeah, Blue Bell ice cream.
Leon wrote:
> My wife and I took one of our frequent "Check Out of the big city" trips
> this weekend and happened up on a furniture store located in Brenham, TX.
> They import all of their furniture from South America. They had several
> large dining room tables but the biggest was really big.
> The table had 2 benches with no backs style seating that ran the length
> of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab of
> wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4" thick.
> That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2 tree trunks
> that were about as wide as the table top. The store owner estimated that
> the table top alone was about 2,000 lbs.
That's 280 bdft., 23.33 cubic feet. Assuming 69 pounds a cubic foot
gives you just over 1600 pounds for that top. It'd make a good
workbench, but probably not at the price they're asking!
JP
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My wife and I took one of our frequent "Check Out of the big city"
> trips this weekend and happened up on a furniture store located in
> Brenham, TX. They import all of their furniture from South America. They
> had several large dining room tables but the biggest was really big.
> The table had 2 benches with no backs style seating that ran the length
> of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab of
> wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4" thick.
> That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2 tree
> trunks that were about as wide as the table top. The store owner
> estimated that the table top alone was about 2,000 lbs.
We could use that slab here in SoCal - as earthquake protection!
Dave
J. Clarke wrote:
> Brent Beal wrote:
>
> >
> > "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> > of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab
> >> of wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4"
> >> thick. That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2
> >> tree trunks that were about as wide as the table top.
> >
> > Try getting that into a house made this day and time.
>
> I suspect that Bill Gates would have little trouble. Remember, while the
> little boxes made of ticky-tacky are the norm, they aren't the only kind
> that are being built.
Indeed. The subject line is very apropos of Bill Gates and his
Washington home....
"Another sign of timberframing's resurgence is seen in the recent
selling off of more than 7 million board feet of old-growth timber from
the defunct Long-Bell Lumber mill in Longview, Washington. As Benson
tells the story, word about the auction spread quickly among a new
breed of timberframers who knew that wood of that size and quantity
might never be seen again. The bidding quickly rose above the meager
means of the average timberframer, and it was later learned that Bill
Gates purchased the timbers for his multimillion-dollar home in
Seattle."
JP
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:58:14 GMT, "New Wave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>"Teamcasa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> We could use that slab here in SoCal - as earthquake protection!
>
> I hear references from time to time of the 1950s civil defense
>measures where, as kids, we were instructed to get down under our desks.
>In hindsight, it is laughable.
> But, this slab just might protect you from a nuclear holocaust.
the "tuck & cover" was really an effective position...
For body removal later
They just forgot the last instruction, which is "and kiss your ass goodbye"..
Mac
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"Leon" wrote in message
> My wife and I took one of our frequent "Check Out of the big city"
trips
> this weekend and happened up on a furniture store located in Brenham, TX.
> They import all of their furniture from South America. They had several
> large dining room tables but the biggest was really big.
> The table had 2 benches with no backs style seating that ran the length
> of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab of
> wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4" thick.
> That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2 tree
trunks
> that were about as wide as the table top. The store owner estimated that
> the table top alone was about 2,000 lbs.
Ipe you say? That ain't no table, that's a deck!
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"New Wave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote :
> I hear references from time to time of the 1950s civil defense measures
> where, as kids, we were instructed to get down under our desks. In
> hindsight, it is laughable.
> But, this slab just might protect you from a nuclear holocaust.
Hey, you never know - ipe has a Class A fire rating...!
Jason
"Teamcasa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> We could use that slab here in SoCal - as earthquake protection!
I hear references from time to time of the 1950s civil defense
measures where, as kids, we were instructed to get down under our desks.
In hindsight, it is laughable.
But, this slab just might protect you from a nuclear holocaust.
--
"New Wave" Dave In Houston
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> That's 280 bdft., 23.33 cubic feet. Assuming 69 pounds a cubic foot
> gives you just over 1600 pounds for that top. It'd make a good
> workbench, but probably not at the price they're asking!
Didn't ask ;~)
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Ipe you say? That ain't no table, that's a deck!
Aircraft carrier class. :~) I e-mailed you.
"George Max" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Huge! Enormous! Who needs a table that large?
>
Well down here in Texas there are "large" ranch houses and in particular in
the Brenham area. Most likely for entertaining and large family get
togethers.
"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My guess would be the folks that build 8,000sf houses for 2 people to live
> in...
>
LOL... Exactly, large houses need large furniture.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab
> of wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4"
> thick. That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2
> tree trunks that were about as wide as the table top.
Try getting that into a house made this day and time.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> My wife and I took one of our frequent "Check Out of the big city"
> trips
> this weekend and happened up on a furniture store located in Brenham,
> TX.
That sounds familiar - it that where the ice cream is? Yum
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:03:23 -0500, George Max <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 23:44:54 GMT, "Leon"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>happened upon a furniture store located in Brenham, TX.
>>They import all of their furniture from South America. They had several
>>large dining room tables but the biggest was really big.
>> The table had 2 benches with no backs style seating that ran the length
>>of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab of
>>wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4" thick.
>>That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2 tree trunks
>>that were about as wide as the table top. The store owner estimated that
>>the table top alone was about 2,000 lbs.
>>
>
>Huge! Enormous! Who needs a table that large?
My guess would be the folks that build 8,000sf houses for 2 people to live in...
Mac
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On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 23:44:54 GMT, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>happened upon a furniture store located in Brenham, TX.
>They import all of their furniture from South America. They had several
>large dining room tables but the biggest was really big.
> The table had 2 benches with no backs style seating that ran the length
>of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab of
>wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4" thick.
>That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2 tree trunks
>that were about as wide as the table top. The store owner estimated that
>the table top alone was about 2,000 lbs.
>
Huge! Enormous! Who needs a table that large?
Brent Beal wrote:
>
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> > of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab
>> of wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4"
>> thick. That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2
>> tree trunks that were about as wide as the table top.
>
> Try getting that into a house made this day and time.
I suspect that Bill Gates would have little trouble. Remember, while the
little boxes made of ticky-tacky are the norm, they aren't the only kind
that are being built.
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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My wife and I took one of our frequent "Check Out of the big city"
> trips this weekend and happened up on a furniture store located in
> Brenham, TX. They import all of their furniture from South America. They
> had several large dining room tables but the biggest was really big.
> The table had 2 benches with no backs style seating that ran the length
> of the table. The table was 100% Ipe, and the top was a single slab of
> wood. The table top was 20' long, and about 42" wide and about 4" thick.
> That was one huge hunk of wood. The table top was held up by 2 tree
> trunks that were about as wide as the table top. The store owner
> estimated that the table top alone was about 2,000 lbs.
>
If you ever got invaded, just tip over the table and set up your defenses
behind it! That is assuming, of course, that there is somebody in your
house who is strong enough to tip it over.
I wonder how much something like that would cost? And how much of that cost
is freight? And what would be involved in installing one of those into the
average home?
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:51:39 GMT, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"George Max" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>
>>
>> Huge! Enormous! Who needs a table that large?
>>
>Well down here in Texas there are "large" ranch houses and in particular in
>the Brenham area. Most likely for entertaining and large family get
>togethers.
>
All I have to say is Wow!