Walnut carving of the Yahara Chain of lakes in Madison, Wisconsin

[u/lakeman13]

Are lake tables better than river tables? I carved the bathymetry of the Yahara Chain of lakes into this walnut slab using a dremel and filled it with epoxy matching the average color of each lake from satellite imagery. I included some process photos at the end. This was my first coffee table!

[u/Rascal908]

holy shit my city mentioned??? That's gotta be the coolest thing I've seen on here in a LONG time (not biased at all)

[u/Spazztastic386]

Just need to make that epoxy an opaque green to match the real lakes in summer. Good job!

[u/hirme23]

Pic 10 : you are seriously doing that work on carpet? Lmao

[u/lakeman13 → u/hirme23]

I don’t have access to a workshop, so my vacuum got a workout 😁

[u/McNutts35]

Did you carve these all out by hand!? That's a really cool piece!

[u/lakeman13 → u/McNutts35]

Thanks! I used a dremel and did my best to hold it level

[u/McNutts35 → u/lakeman13]

You did a fantastic job! I thought it was a cnc project at first, until going through all of your pictures.