Curly Maple Lazy Larry with Aniline Dye Finish

Beautiful color…I think Joe would be very satisfied with your results….you really got the grain to pop with that dye…..What could you use those for….they are too pretty to cover with anything?

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

Wow, I can’t help admit that I said “holy crap” when I saw the grain pop off the page in the first pic. I was drawn to it like a moth to a lightbulb. That is so beautiful. I would never let that one go.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

Ditto what Bradford said. I definitely get why you said you may never use a natural piece of curly maple again. The green one really doesn’t do it for me so much, although it does look nice, but the other one is awesome.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

I can feel that inspiration coming this way, wow that is off the chart eye popping. You just got to love the talent on this site. Great work…Blkcherry

great piece ,
it really jumps .

if you keep having this much fun ,
you will be selling wood soon ?

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

great piece, I need a circle jig…maybe this weekend.

-- --It's not how long you live, but how you live that makes it a life.--

I’m searching for words that the others haven’t used. So here it goes. Really nice circle cutting jig on your bandsaw. I used to cut my circles with my router, but after I started using my bandsaw, I couldn’t believe how affective it was.

How did you join the wood, just a glue line, dowels, biscuits? I’m in the middle of planning a Kitchen table which will either be circular or elliptical. I’m thinking your design with a pre-bought maple pedestal could work. Any thoughts?

Did I forget to mention GREAT JOB, LOVE IT!!!!
Tom

-- Tom, Simsbury, CT

Wow wow Wow great wood super job.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Yeah, what everybody else said! A real eye-popper!! Great work!!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Absolutely gorgeous…did I mention I love colored wood?

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Thanks,
In no order:

Duane I’ll be attaching the arc cutting jig we have been talking about to the circle cutting jig using the pin as the pivot point. (I think)

Tom, Just a glue line three 7” pieces from the same board. I’m thinking I may bookmatch a 10” piece next time. You’ll need a pretty big circle jig, probably something with some legs. My pivot pin can go 20” from the saw which would give me a 40” max circle. I’ll probably wish I made the jig bigger later, I was only thinking in terms of lazy susan when I built it. If these were bigger I would have used a biscuit joiner.

David, I’ve been selling most everything I’ve been making to pay for all the toys ;) this helps me justify my tool addiction to my wife. I’ve been taking products to a local consignment shop that is a pretty cool shabby-sheek kinda boutique so my stuff fits in well.

Dale your right the green one is kinda swampy, but it has grown on me a bit, if it wasn’t next to the red one it would stand on it’s own.

Since we are all in this together, my biggest mistake in using the aniline dyes was in the sanding. All though I had good intentions in sanding the middle more on the red one I probably over did it and was not consistent enough while sanding. You can almost see the pattern from my random orbital sander. It’s a little blotchy and uneven. I was more consistent on the green one and you can see the difference. I did the red one first and learned from my mistakes. Joe consumer will not see this, but I do and now you do, so I have no problem taking these to the store.
I am excited about trying this again for better results, and maybe some christmas gifts for my family. I’m also thinking like… entrance way half table from curly Maple using the black, red, yellow, combo.

I would like to thank Joe one more time.

What are some other woods that this technique might work on besides maple?

-- There's many a slip betwixt a cup and a lip.--Scott

Very striking! The finish looks deep enough to go swimming in! Great job!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Gorgeous hunk of wood!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Fantastic job! Outstanding. It is nice to here when we are inpired by each other on this site. That is what LJ’s is all about.

Keep up the fantastic work.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Beautiful wood and a great finish that you applied.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

The Red one takes the Blue Ribbon , Scottie : ) I thought it was a LL original before I saw your avatar. I just clicked on the picture and started reading the post.
I don’t think you can call them Lazy Larrys though , more like Sluggish Scotties : )
Have a great weekend and keep up the excellent work !

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Absolutely beautiful finish and a great build. I wouldn’t worry about the high gloss. It doesn’t look at all plastic with such a depth to the finish. I’m not very good at finishing, but I too have been inspired by Trifern to do better, and your project shows that this is possible for others as well. Thanks for posting.

-- Mike, American in Norway

The green one does nothing for me, but that reddish one is amazing!
Great work.

How thick are they and are you worried about them warping at all?

Boom

Gorgeous, and amazing. I’m thinking of trying something like this with a big cherry bowl I’m working on, but darn it I love natural wood so much…..... I’m conflicted and envious at the same time. I have confliction envy envy.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Outstanding! Really great job on some equally great wood.

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

Don’t know how I missed this .. Love it. Never used aniline dies … don’t even know if I can get them here
Nice job. Really make a difference to the timber.

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au