Indian Tacos- better than TexMex?

kl8ton

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Mark_B_Good said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

RRP said:

WOW!!!

Different subject though - In that 4th picture - did you make that glass topped table with the base from a tree stump? Pretty cool!

Thanks Ron. That is way above my pay grade when it comes to woodworking. Im always in awe of you guys who can do those kinds of things.  My wife actually bought this on Etsy from a guy in the Philippines. What could possibly go wrong?!?! The guy actually delivered exactly as promised. It’s a teak stump that he turns into a table base. You tell him how big your glass is going to be and he sizes it based on that. It came out really nice. Looks awesome when all put together 

That is incredibly beautiful.  So the base was shipped all the way from the Philippines? What does something like that cost? It's stable (not top heavy when you lean in a bit with your elbows)?

Thank you. It did indeed ship from the Philippines. Super stable and no issues being top-heavy even when leaning on it. It was not cheap but not out of line with what a good table would cost here. The freight basically doubled the cost of the base so a lot of the cost was in the shipping. 

I'm sure it was a safe thing to do.  Followed all protocols, etc. But I just chuckled thinking about it.   Here in Michigan,  forestry,  DNR, etc are preaching to not move any firewood for fear of ash bore,  oak wilt, and lots of other things that are wiping out our forests. We're not supposed to cross town lines with firewood.    We have a check point before going across the Mackinac Bridge that you have to voluntarily drop any untreated wood you are carrying.  

Centex: hold my beer, I'm getting half a tree shipped from the Philippines! 

Love the table and the cook. Love Indian food! 

alaskanassasin

The Ash borers killed 72 Ash trees in a 2 acre lot of mine. It’s been about 5 years since the plague, only the largest ash trees are still standing but they too are dead, I probably have another 30 trees to cut down and clean up that are in my in-laws blue grass.

alaskanassasin

In Alaska there is basically one tree that is 95% of the forests, the spruce. I saw the spruce bark beetle kill hundreds of millions of trees, completely changed the landscape, crazy.

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

In Alaska there is basically one tree that is 95% of the forests, the spruce. I saw the spruce bark beetle kill hundreds of millions of trees, completely changed the landscape, crazy.

YukonRon

The Gods must smile upon you and heap good fortune upon your family with such an offering. Looks outstanding.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

kl8ton said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Mark_B_Good said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

RRP said:

WOW!!!

Different subject though - In that 4th picture - did you make that glass topped table with the base from a tree stump? Pretty cool!

Thanks Ron. That is way above my pay grade when it comes to woodworking. Im always in awe of you guys who can do those kinds of things.  My wife actually bought this on Etsy from a guy in the Philippines. What could possibly go wrong?!?! The guy actually delivered exactly as promised. It’s a teak stump that he turns into a table base. You tell him how big your glass is going to be and he sizes it based on that. It came out really nice. Looks awesome when all put together 

That is incredibly beautiful.  So the base was shipped all the way from the Philippines? What does something like that cost? It's stable (not top heavy when you lean in a bit with your elbows)?

Thank you. It did indeed ship from the Philippines. Super stable and no issues being top-heavy even when leaning on it. It was not cheap but not out of line with what a good table would cost here. The freight basically doubled the cost of the base so a lot of the cost was in the shipping. 

I'm sure it was a safe thing to do.  Followed all protocols, etc. But I just chuckled thinking about it.   Here in Michigan,  forestry,  DNR, etc are preaching to not move any firewood for fear of ash bore,  oak wilt, and lots of other things that are wiping out our forests. We're not supposed to cross town lines with firewood.    We have a check point before going across the Mackinac Bridge that you have to voluntarily drop any untreated wood you are carrying.  

Centex: hold my beer, I'm getting half a tree shipped from the Philippines! 

Love the table and the cook. Love Indian food! 

Ha ha- yes we had to jump through some serious hoops with customs to ensure it was handled properly and documented etc. We can't move firewood around here either. We have oak wilt which is a fungus brought into live oaks by boring beetles. It has decimated millions of live oaks in central Texas.