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David Marks Finishing Class 8-1 to 8-5-13

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Beautiful Santa Rosa

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Day one at David Marks finishing class in beautiful Santa Rosa. David and wife Victoria are terrific hosts, the class is small with an interesting variety of folks, and the weather couldn't be better. And hey! I'm on vacation! I'm really enjoying the pace of the class with enough structure to keep it moving, but plenty of time to get to know David and the other students and to get all our questions answered. My goal is to establish a broad foundation in wood finishing from which I can expand using books, videos, and such and I'm confident this class will do the trick. It is relaxing and enjoyable and I can't wait to get back to my own shop to put some of these lessons to practice. Five Stars!
 

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Beautiful Santa Rosa

Smile Shelf Wood Baseball cap Hat


Day one at David Marks finishing class in beautiful Santa Rosa. David and wife Victoria are terrific hosts, the class is small with an interesting variety of folks, and the weather couldn't be better. And hey! I'm on vacation! I'm really enjoying the pace of the class with enough structure to keep it moving, but plenty of time to get to know David and the other students and to get all our questions answered. My goal is to establish a broad foundation in wood finishing from which I can expand using books, videos, and such and I'm confident this class will do the trick. It is relaxing and enjoyable and I can't wait to get back to my own shop to put some of these lessons to practice. Five Stars!
Lucky dog
 

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Beautiful Santa Rosa

Smile Shelf Wood Baseball cap Hat


Day one at David Marks finishing class in beautiful Santa Rosa. David and wife Victoria are terrific hosts, the class is small with an interesting variety of folks, and the weather couldn't be better. And hey! I'm on vacation! I'm really enjoying the pace of the class with enough structure to keep it moving, but plenty of time to get to know David and the other students and to get all our questions answered. My goal is to establish a broad foundation in wood finishing from which I can expand using books, videos, and such and I'm confident this class will do the trick. It is relaxing and enjoyable and I can't wait to get back to my own shop to put some of these lessons to practice. Five Stars!
Awesome! Have a good time
 

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Fuming, Bleaching, Tinting, Dyeing, Oiling, Spraying, and Sanding

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Fuming (Fooh-ming?, Few-ming? not fumming) I dunno. Fumed some 1/4 sawn white oak overnight with spectacular results and working on burgundy tinted mahogany, bleached walnut and maple, highly figured maple sanded to 2000, lacquer, shellac, oil, and lots and lots of notes. The joy continues. The great thing I'm learning is how to organize my own library of sample pieces. This class is a great investment.
 

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Fuming, Bleaching, Tinting, Dyeing, Oiling, Spraying, and Sanding

Wood Table Gas Engineering Machine


Fuming (Fooh-ming?, Few-ming? not fumming) I dunno. Fumed some 1/4 sawn white oak overnight with spectacular results and working on burgundy tinted mahogany, bleached walnut and maple, highly figured maple sanded to 2000, lacquer, shellac, oil, and lots and lots of notes. The joy continues. The great thing I'm learning is how to organize my own library of sample pieces. This class is a great investment.
Wow, that is the same shop from the show, I thought he gave classes at a different location. Again… lucky dog.
 

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Paul and the Master

Most of us work alone in our shops or garages so one of the side benefits of a workshop is the opportunity to meet new people who have shared passion or interests. Over the past few days I got to meet some great folks including my new friend Paul from Louisiana who traveled all the way to Santa Rosa, California for the class. I'm sure he will tell you it was time and money well spent.

Here's Paul and The Master

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Paul and the Master

Most of us work alone in our shops or garages so one of the side benefits of a workshop is the opportunity to meet new people who have shared passion or interests. Over the past few days I got to meet some great folks including my new friend Paul from Louisiana who traveled all the way to Santa Rosa, California for the class. I'm sure he will tell you it was time and money well spent.

Here's Paul and The Master

Window Engineering Luggage and bags Wood Art


Window Picture frame Smile Art Table


Smile Window Engineering Artisan Cooking
Looks like a great class.
 

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Homework

Is it still called homework if it is something you want to do? Well no homework given, but much homework taken. I wanted to add some coats of oil to the samples in the foreground. From the left are wet sanded walnut, fumed 1/4 sawn white oak, figured maple with lye, purple heart, mahogany, yellow heart, and ebonized walnut. The orange landscape oriented piece in back is maple with yellow tint dye. At bottom is a panoramic of my shop. It was a great class and a lot of fun, but it is good to be home too.

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#17 ·
Homework

Is it still called homework if it is something you want to do? Well no homework given, but much homework taken. I wanted to add some coats of oil to the samples in the foreground. From the left are wet sanded walnut, fumed 1/4 sawn white oak, figured maple with lye, purple heart, mahogany, yellow heart, and ebonized walnut. The orange landscape oriented piece in back is maple with yellow tint dye. At bottom is a panoramic of my shop. It was a great class and a lot of fun, but it is good to be home too.

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nice samples, but are you learning anything?
are you spending the night in santa rosa? or going home each night.
 

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#18 ·
The gift that keeps on giving

I took advantage of the opportunity to buy the first three seasons of Woodworks and the Chemical Patination and Curvilinear videos. The rest of the Woodworks series should be out soon. All together he made 91(?) shows and each one is a classic. I was hooked from the beginning when I first saw them years ago, but now realize I had actually missed some episodes. David's easy going manner combined with the projects he chose and the lighting combine to capture the aura that has attracted me to woodworking and has stoked my dedication to the craft. Thanks David.

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