-Another Before and After-
Nice "little" Bubinga Slab
Some of you may remember this one sitting towards the back of the shop. Its kind of hard to visualize what a piece will look like when its done, especially when it is in the rough and has not even been sanded.
We tried convincing many customers that the slab would look amazing once it was finished, all it needed was to be sanded correctly and a couple coats of oil to bring out out all the figure.
The best part was for about $700 you had a solid slab of wood all the way from Africa.
I think 3 of the 4 that inquired about it ended up playing it safe and going with some of our thicker maple slabs that cost about twice as much.
Nice "little" Bubinga Slab
Some of you may remember this one sitting towards the back of the shop. Its kind of hard to visualize what a piece will look like when its done, especially when it is in the rough and has not even been sanded.
We tried convincing many customers that the slab would look amazing once it was finished, all it needed was to be sanded correctly and a couple coats of oil to bring out out all the figure.
The best part was for about $700 you had a solid slab of wood all the way from Africa.
I think 3 of the 4 that inquired about it ended up playing it safe and going with some of our thicker maple slabs that cost about twice as much.
One lucky customer ended up taking our advice and picking this little gem of a slab.Here is the same slab after Mike Wells at Tassajara Designs, which is located next door to us, sanded and finished it.
Yup...no figure at all, that thing looks soooo boring...Just joking, we think this slab turned out great! Can you imagine having this thing in your dining room? Talk about a conversation starter!
In case you were wondering...YES we can arrange to have your slab sanded and/or finished next door at Tassajara Designs.They can handle any of the slabs that we carry and offer a wide range of services.
Many of our clients have saved alot of money in the past by having them work on our Slabs, since they are located right next door.
Pick-out your 3' wide x 14' slab, have Tassajara sand it, and have us ship it directly to you.
Makes life alot easier, especially once these slabs get up there in size
Here is a run down of what they offer, feel free to contact us for more 760-434-3030, or you can contact Mike directly to see what he can offer:
Milling Services
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Straight Line Rip and Crosscut - Up to 3" thick, up to 14' length
Wide Belt Sanding - Up to 38" width and 14' length
***NEW*** We offer computer-controlled "fly-cutting" on a CNC machine to surface/flatten large slabs up to 5' wide and 12' long. Can also shape, contour, etc. on same machine.
Fabrication Services
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Panel glue ups up to 48" wide and 14' length
Finishing Services
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Stain, seal and topcoat finishing in our fully-enclosed/filtered & heated spray booth. We can handle slabs up to 14' long
We use a variety of solvent finishes: catalyzed varnish and pre-cat lacquers
We use water-based finishes: stains, hybrid varnish, lacquer, catalyzed polyurethane for tables, bars, desks, etc.
Complete Design and Fabrication Services
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From simple pencil sketch designs, to complex 3-D CAD designs and full color renderings.
Wood, metal, glass, stone and other materials integrated into basic wood designs.
We specialize in large slabs of natural edge exotic woods
Michael Wells
Tassajara Designs, Inc.
2270 Camino Vida Roble, Suite C
Carlsbad, CA 92011
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Lic. #876149
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(p) 760-602-7818
(f) 760-454-2318
(c) 760-822-7238
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mike@tassajaradesigns.com
http://www.tassajaradesigns.
Here are a couple sculptures by Kenneth Glaze out of Pink Ivory and Mexican Kingwood
We are almost positive this is one of our 1.5" thick Bubinga Slabs in a table by Rick Moen. Check out the figure in this piece! We still have a couple of these slabs left as of 6-21-09
There was also a very nice display at the front of the exhibit honoring the late Sam Maloof. 
Black Acacia Slab #71 back
Here we see Harvey using one of our 
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