its solid white oak for all the top, sides and drawer fronts
internal carcass is black chipboard.
sure, PM me your size L X W X D and how many drawers etc, will get back to you

From this to this, thanks to @AR188 and his team great work, the pieces of Balau small slab become a beautiful TV Rack !

Everyone if want to have solid wood furniture or work, feel free to contact him.


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how much of that will cost?

i'm looking for a unique wood to make single shelves for tv.

everybody is like going for scandi.just want something different.

wow...thanks for the pics of the slab table!

some pics of building the tv slab table

mortise &tenon legs




and also made a dovetail bench out of some of the same balau wood from powerpc

pricing depend on the size/wood/complexity of carpentry/finishing.

if you have some idea u found on google or pinterest, perhaps we can make something similar to that.

How much is your chengal? got 2" x 4" (or bigger also can). Thanks.

The wood warp not because of the paint. PU does not cause warping. Your wood wasn't dry enough when you work on it. As it dries over time, the wood will warp and change shape until it matches the environment's humidity.

jilaka, the seller said its dried wood
anything i can do ?
been putting it level on the ground but still warped

Unfortunately, no. To properly dry the wood, we need a big ass oven called a Kiln Dry. This process takes weeks if not months. It is too expensive to do here.

So, we usually allow nature to dry it and this takes years. I had some tembusu that was kept for years (close to 10 yrs) and it still warps.

if its not to big piece, you can put in the back seat of your car, since we have hot day time. after a week alot of the moisture would have left the wood

Thanks for the advice guys
I m resigned to its fate then
As its already painted
Maybe will put something heavy on it & just hope
It flattens

Sorry. But that is a bad idea. That will indeed speed up the drying process. But it will just speed the warping. And because it dries too fast, the wood will have a higher chance to crack.

You can call him, depend on your requesr, the price can be vary but it sound reasonable to me.

Hi, you can pm me the size and length, so that we can calculate for you.

Ya, very good information here

Even natural dry, it won't dry enough.

Another way to prevent such happen is used of older tree to cut, but then, it still not 100% ensure it won't wraps.

Good info.

Ya ~

if the wood want to warp whether u dry it within 1 month or 1year also it will happen, as u said about your tembusu after 10year still warp..
so your recommended method still will warp also.. and need to wait 10year to find out!

anyway, after it dry then we will reshape and mill it to precise dimension and remove all the warp and twist in the process.

so the important part is learning to mill the timber to exact dimensions after the timber has warped.

for example, pic below. 6feet american white oak timber and after process or milling, warpage is max 0.5mm. thats tight dimensions and ready to use. (previous 3-4mm warpage at high points, no issue, all taken out of the timber)

boss by the way, i just talked to one of the Kiln dry officers yesterday regarding why yellow balau send for KD when export for overseas market. they said its to remove the shrinkage issue caused by fresh cut balau water loss. after kd then the dimension is more stable for machining/carpentry work.

I agree with your statement. The goal is to shape the wood AFTER it is dry.

But do read your own post above. You asking someone to put a ready furniture in a car to dry.

This post has been edited by lawrencesha: Jul 15 2019, 12:53 AM

its just a freakin plank. no need to exaggerate it as furniture

so just dry it and accelerate the warping if that happens , and remill it to flat.

apa susah susah say there is no other way except to pay for big KD oven to solve the issue?

Hahaha, nvm, since wood knowledge is wide as sea, we can share and talk with relax.

I also still learning, learning from everyone, asking what info that we not learned

Many years until today, i still saw plenty of fresh issue happen in our stock. Some say is species problem, some say is weather issue, some say, well, is because it is natural thing ! So it need to have more time spend on finishing it.

Everyone is welcome to my factory to see, you will be well served

want to ask, if i provide you with the pictures of my cabinet design, will you be able to put out the pieces that i wanted and i do the installation myself

its possible to get someone to prepare those pieces to your requirement.