Dear galoots,
My 16 year old son asked me to build him a desk.  Woo hoo.  An excuse for some
shop time.  We've settled on the design, but I'm having a tough time finding a
suitable piece of wood.  Your recommendations of places to contact would be most
appreciated.
I need a curly maple natural edge slab about 8 feet long.  One side of the desk
will be the slab cut and joined with a miter joint.  The other end will be two
black anodized square (aluminum ?) tube legs. He wants the wood black, but still
showing the grain (I plan to use black aniline dye).
So, recommendations on sources of maple slabs.  Also, any suggestions for final
finish (oil and varnish, oil and shellac, no oil?...) and source of tube legs
would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!  He does want me to finish the project while he's still in
high school.
Kind regards from chilly (and hopefully rainy soon) San Francisco,Joe
Example of style here https://www.urbanhardwoods.com/furniture_listing?
id=2072&product=Maple_Table&location=Santa_Monica">https://www.urbanhardwoods.co
m/furniture_listing?id=2072&product=Maple_Table&location=Santa_Monica