This shop table was designed and produced in one day to provide a much needed work space within BaserMatter, a company co-founded by Nathan Currier-Groh and Modularem founder Jeff Welch. Its creation proved the viability of a developing theory celebrating the potential of simple materials, brought to fruition through a holistic structural concept which locks all components together with minimal assumptions about the need for mechanical fasteners. The table was begun by gluing standard pine 2x4s into two major “butcher-block” chunks, compressed together with threaded rods traveling through aligned holes, across the grain. The chunks were then flattened and smoothed on the CNC router and legs were cut to fit into tapered holes left during the gluing process. Finally, the two finished top pieces and the legs were bolted together using the same threaded rods and aligned holes as were used for gluing, resulting in a total of just 10 fasteners used. This process of construction, where the legs were integrated into the top and the rods used for both gluing and final assembly, saved resources and resulted in an entirely rigid and elegant mass that expresses the beauty and potential of wood.