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19 comments so far
DAN
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posted 821 days ago
nice piece … good neat job,
-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever
jembo
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posted 821 days ago
very nice, think I’ll make one of these for my shop..
-- James - Geneva, Switzerland
Dorje
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posted 821 days ago
good looking step stool…how can you wrong combining cherry and maple?!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
snowdog
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posted 821 days ago
The contrasting wood looks great.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
MsDebbieP
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posted 821 days ago
it’s beautiful and very sturdy looking.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
PanamaJack
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posted 821 days ago
Just a great start on your journey through LumberJocks! Great step stool.
Love the contrast in woods. You have just a natural finish on this don’t you?
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
MattD
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posted 821 days ago
I appreciate the comments from everyone. I’m quickly being absorbed into Lumberjocks.
PanamaJack – Yes. Just a natural finish (Waterlox) and about a year of the cherry darkening on it’s own. Anyone successful darkening cherry faster without stains/tints?
-- Matt - Syracuse, NY
PanamaJack
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posted 821 days ago
With or with out the natural finish it will still darken with age. I don’t think there is any stopping it. I sold cabinets for years, unfortunately not making them, though a local lumber yard. I go into these homes today and the cabinets are much, much darker than when I sold them. Including the ones that were a natural finish when sold. Can one micro wave cherry…I guess in smaller pieces. Maybe that would work…?
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
Dorje
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posted 821 days ago
Matt – I’ve read that Tried and True Varnish Oil darkens cherry up faster than other finishes…this from Christian Becksvoort – who has many years working with with cherry…not sure if it’s in this brief article but worth peeking at.
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
RobS
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posted 821 days ago
Cool stool! And all from scrap, even cooler. Well Done.
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
TomFran
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posted 821 days ago
I hear that if you apply some latex paint and put sand in it, it will make that top step less slippery ;^D
Just kidding – nice work!
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
Greg Mitchell
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posted 819 days ago
Very cool looking step stoll. Nice job!
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scottb
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posted 816 days ago
putting cherry under a UV light – full spectrum bulb, or one for tanning – should do the trick – at least can simulate longer days under stonger sun to darken it up.
Beautiful work. I too have cut my own plugs, though I don’t do it very often. So nice to have options beyond the crappy end grain ones from the Big Box…
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Bruce
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posted 652 days ago
nice work, attractive piece!
rikkor
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posted 652 days ago
Looks solid as a rock.
Chris
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posted 651 days ago
Great step stool..
-- Chris
mot
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posted 651 days ago
Ahh, yes…very elegant construction of a handy piece.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Mr. Cool
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posted 49 days ago
Sturdy AND aesthetic, and built from scrap, too…you hit the bull’s-eye Matt!
Art
John Gray
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posted 49 days ago
Nice job!!!!
-- Only the Shadow knows....................