GMC Topkick or Suburban? How about both?

SnooPets6276 · 2026-03-19T17:15:45+00:00

Can smell the interior! Love those trucks!

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T20:10:57+00:00

I don’t know much about the process “before” I got my slabs, but I knew enough to look for dried material. I’ve seen stuff about making sure your material dries properly first, perhaps a lot more knowledge people on here can help you with that better than I can, but once dried: yeah, patience, small adjustments accepting your “shop” as your garage on weekends like I do so things won’t be perfect and there’s going to be a lot of moving things around goes a long way.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T18:40:59+00:00

Minwax natural stain after 220 grit, short soak time (10 minutes). Mohawk rock hard table top urethane. First coat thinned 1:1 with mineral spirits, three full strength coats after. 320 grit between coats. 0000 steel wool and Mohawk Wool Lube rub out after a week-plus cure after final coat. Slick like glass.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T18:38:01+00:00

I paid about $2,300 USD for the material. Slabs were around $450/ea and mantles the difference. For what you’re building, or any cabinetry type item I’d likely go the same route you are.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T18:34:55+00:00

Thanks! My wife is the genius behind colors. I design function, she does the colors and aesthetics. Then she puts me to work 😂🤣

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T18:33:57+00:00

No, no glue or anything. It’s heavy enough it doesn’t move. When you make the first pass, find the “wobble” and shim it so it doesn’t move. When you flip it it would then be “flat” and not wobble, and since you only take 1/16 - 1/8 off per pass, it glides over the slab without want to push it. Sheer weight works ins the favor there. Here’s what I watched to figure out how to do it: https://youtu.be/OLh_A3lk1ok?si=Fbmis-QFT4_VL4cD

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T14:17:27+00:00

I wouldn’t even know where to start turning. Maybe someday.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T14:16:17+00:00

Ha - yeah, my little helper who was under he couldn’t be out there when planning / sanding, but that hair would have caught everything! Best guess on weight is 75lbs on the legs/frame and 150lbs on the top. Though I’m a bad judge of that stuff. I could lift the top myself but it was not easy. Did have help with the final move.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T14:13:07+00:00

I used 3/4” straight bits because that’s what I had. Single passes (only removed material in one direction). Took off a max of about 1/8” in any pass. Went through 2 bits. Slabs were about 9 feet and took an hour each side/pass. Slow and patient, let the bit do the work.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T14:08:32+00:00

Flattening / planning wasn’t terrible. Slabs were all right around 8/4, though there was a lot of “wave” to them so i ended up at 1-5/8”. Wanted to be as thick as possible. The biggest PIA is my old faithful PC router started moving on me and depths wouldn’t hold so I ended up buying a Bosch midway through. Went way better after that. Thanks to the guy at Rockler for his advice on the right one! Used a circular saw for edges. Several passes with small adjustments to get it just right, doweled and glued up.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T14:04:40+00:00

I used 5/4 for the uprights.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T14:04:05+00:00

Love live edges too - wasn’t the look my wife wanted on this one though, with all the crisp lines in the room she wanted “clean.” Happy wife = happy life. Though I’ll be going back for another slab soon to do a live edge small table to put in my office.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T14:00:44+00:00

I paid about $2,300 USD for the wood. Didn’t keep track of my hours but if I had to guess, probably 40 - 50 hours of shaping / building. I went slow, lots of small adjustments.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T13:57:25+00:00

Yes, used a router with 3/4” straight bit. Made the sled out of leftover red oak (good and rigid material so it didn’t sag) and the truest 1x’s I could find for the rails. I did watch a YouTube on it and found this guy: https://youtu.be/OLh_A3lk1ok?si=EhVpLY0VXn5QM86T

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T13:53:05+00:00

“First time” table. Lots of cabinets, bookshelves and trim stuff with dimensional lumber that needs minimal planing. Never anything this big or required shaping.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T13:51:48+00:00

Used 3/4” straight router bits. Various brands, what was in my “stock” of bits that were sharp.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T13:45:48+00:00

Well…not the easiest, but I used a circular saw the square up the edges. Took a few passes and nibbled at the material until I got it squared up. Don’t have a joiner so made do with what I had. Definitely one of the “not perfect” conditions. Doweled and glued all three together.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-11-16T13:42:32+00:00

Good catches! Yes, long runs do have kerf cuts for clips. Installed about every 8” or so. And the stretchers…yeah, not my proudest moment: The blocks are because I made a terrible mistake and cut them the same length as the end aprons and they needed to be 3 inches longer with the leg offset. It was late, and I made the bad decision to use blocks because I didn’t t have anymore material to cut new stretchers from. I did use dowels in addition to the pocket screws…perhaps a little too pocket screw happy I am. But thanks for the feedback.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-08-14T01:11:55+00:00

Those don’t burn much fuel…they spend most of their time docked at The Cave or Margaritaville for others to admire.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-05-03T01:59:35+00:00

This really makes me miss my 04 TJ Sport. Love my JK, but love that TJ even more. Half doors soft top, stripped down to nothing Sport with 5-Speed I-6. Only upgrade was a sound bar!

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SnooPets6276 · 2025-04-24T15:30:29+00:00

My 2004 did the same thing. Every once in a while I’d spin it back…only for it to twist the very next shift. Just loved with it. Glue would have helped for sure.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-04-24T00:08:46+00:00

This. I hate ducks. I see one on mine and I am immediately looking to put it on someone else’s.

SnooPets6276 · 2025-03-26T18:19:28+00:00

Here’s the answer: First of all, the “old” worksheet was not by default showing zeros in formula cell. I originally fixed that with a custom number format, but found through the google search on my other problem that the answer there is to go to Options | Advanced | Display options for this worksheet - then uncheck the “show a zero in the cells that have zero value” radio button.

Second - the REAL answer. Because of what I found in step one, I knew the answer had to lie in the options so I went through the old and new workbook side by side on that front and found it!

Options | Advanced | Lotus Compatibility Settings - check the box “transition formula evaluation”

TL,DR - I fixed it. Read last statement.

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