This was a spectacular bookmatched walnut dining table with an ebony stain, and of couse a pretty stunning chrome stree leg base. The base was cut in three parts out of a 2" thick slab of aluminum on a cnc water jet machine. Then each piece was hand sculpted, cut, ground, polished, fit together, polished again and then sent to the chroming place. Honestly it's a ton of work and marginally enjoyable but totally worth it in the end.