As one of our most creative large coffee tables to date, this was an engineering feat.  It was no easy task suspending a 60" x 60" 180lb sheet of low-E glass on two solid metal bars (40lbs ea.) with just two short 1" x 10" channels carved out of this massive Manitoba Maple crotch section.  Read the full story of this tree salvage here:  www.flohardwoods.com/available/#/lowes-manitoba-maple/