JD Lohr Woodworking School table -- finishing up at home #1: Walnut inlays

Nice job with the inlays. Looks like you worked around the oops very well. I usually use a plane until the inlay is just proud of the surface and then go to the card scraper. This will be a great looking table when finished.

-- Those that say it can't be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

I agree…looking good so far!

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

Lookin’ good. I’m taking a class too. I’ve been refining my design in SU all day… I was going to make some nice shavings like that but that hasn’t happened.

What brand of plane is that?

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

This is looking real good. I am anxious to see the final product.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

jtww—my problem wasn’t the plane so much as me getting stupid. I had put off that last inlay, since it was being very grain directional, even with the plane, and had 2 opposing directions to boot. I had tuned the blade to nearly non cutting and finally got it going, and got overzealous and just slammed through the edge. I should have either tried the scraper, or maybe even just gone to the orbital sand paper at that point, but got impatient.

jeff—it’s the veritas LA block plane. I have 3 old used planes (nos. 4, 5 and 6—2 millers falls and one stanley), and one shiney new one…

-b

ah yes, very nice. I didn’t realize the shoulders on the block planes had the cool circles in them too.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Nice looking inlays! I’m getting ready to do some also.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great looking table. The inlays are impressive.

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Thanks for the commentary. I just put my “test piece” of BLO soaked wood in the basement, to make sure we can stand the smell for a couple days, since it’s way too cold to do any finishing outside right now. Either way, tomorrow morning, the whole thing gets the BLO coat, which I will be following up with the original Waterlox formula. (This is the route that Jeff Lohr uses on all of his pieces, so I figure I’ll start with that.)

very beautiful work

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