I just received an excellent fathers day gift. My wife got me a large black walnut slab with a nice crotch at one end, this is perfect for a slab coffee table. I have never made a piece of furniture with a slab before and I want to remove the bark and leave a live edge. Is there any advice out there for removing the bark.
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Go after it with a blow torch. Wet the bark down sopping wet, then hit it with the big heat. The heat bubbles up water at the juncture, and helps it pop off. Have a fire watch on hand, and do it outside away from buildings, in case it goes very badly.
You will need one of those big propane jobs that are used to melt ice and burn off weeds from cracks.
Let us know if do it, how it works.
-- Jim in NC