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| 289 days ago |
How to ? a 24 foot long bar.... - 12 replies I had a nice German couple drop by the shop the other day and they looked at a couple of Pecan tables, they liked the color and grain of the Pecan and inquired as to having a 24 foot long x 18” wide long bar with a 2.5 inch drop edge and also an 8 foot L section at one end. Well I have never made anything that big or long and was wonderin... |
| 320 days ago |
Suggestion for finish for bookmatched spalted Pecan table top - 8 replies I need some help from my fellow wood workers…. I have a tabletop made with bookmatched spalted pecan inlayed with turquoise. Normally I use poly on darker woods and on table tops in general. But I have always used tung oil with spalted pecan because it brings out the natural color and does not amber the spalting as poly does. Can I u... |
| 390 days ago |
Anyone ever work with cutting and shaping Dichroic glass for inlay work - 1 reply Hello; I picked up three 2.5×3 inch square pieces of Dichroic glass in different colors at a show and I was wanting to cut shapes out of them and do some inlay into wood projects. The sheets of dichro are kiln finished and ready for cutting. Approximatley 3/16 of an inch thick, look like they are backed in black then have the layers of ... |
| 441 days ago |
I have a lot of respect for Oak trees now - 13 replies It has been one hell of a week for me but I have a lot of respect for Oak trees now, last week on the 3rd of September I was on my way home on a dark winding road when a deer suddenly jumped in front of my car . I tried to avoid hitting it and when I hit the soft shoulder on an S-curve, I spun out of control and t-boned an old live oak. Well th... |
| 469 days ago |
I am less productive in the woodshop since joining LJ's - 40 replies Thought I would start this thread….I am less productive but more creative in the woodshop since joining LJ’s, well I might be addicted and was wondering if they have a rehab I could check in to :) But I Googled “Rehab for LJ’s” and could not find one :) Not that I really want to…you know the ole saying that tw... |
