the process of moving these tables from the rough slab to the final dimensions is one that we approach very slowly, a bit at a time. once you cut something off, there's no sticking it back on again. and, a lot of the time, we disagree amongst ourselves what is the 'best' cut to make. we try to involve the client as much as possible, but it's often hard to portray in photos what exactly it is that we see in front of us.
we then cut some of the cracked portion off the far end as the table wants to be around 102" long when we finish it.
we then made a 2x4 mockup of the base and checked the proportions ... now, as you can see from the top photo in this post, we've moved the slab down to the shop now that the pool table and the oak table are gone. it'll move right along now ... updates as we go ..