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Myrtle wood buffet and clock

Project by LesB posted 336 days ago 468 views 1 time favorited 2 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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This is a Myrtle wood (California Bay Laurel) buffet in a modified Tansu design. It is built in three pieces so it can be rearranged as needed. It is finished with a water base varathane. The clock on the wall is also Myrtle wood but was finished with Danish oil and the wood appears much darker. The clock was designed to hold an old Seth Thomas #12 mechanism that I inherited from an old clock collector friend. I do not know what the original clock may have looked like. I

-- Les B, Oregon


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Woodhacker

1145 posts in 617 days


posted 336 days ago

Les, that is beautiful. I like your dovetails. Myrtle has some nice contrast in itself.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

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kolwdwrkr

2249 posts in 484 days


posted 335 days ago

nice work! Thanks for sharing

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