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Hello! First project posting.
This is a lazy susan with a story. My parents were visiting this spring. My dad has been making a few different project using these diamonds. I told him I could use a lazy susan. It needed to be fairly large. I told him 30 inches across, maybe only 28 would work. He went home and got to work. More than 400 diamonds later, he sent me the result. It was a very pretty design, but only 24 inches across (he ran out of wood and was sure it was big enough). We used it for a while, but it needed to be bigger.
I cut off the rounded edges of the mahogany and put a relief on the back side. Then I added an MDF backer to extend about 3 inches on each side.
The existing border made a nice transition from the center pattern, so I came up with a diamond border to add. I used mahogany salvaged from the lazy susan and a couple pieces of oak and walnut from the wood pile. My contribution added another 100+ diamonds.
We now have a 30” lazy susan, but the part I like is that my dad and I got to build it “together” – even though we live 2000 miles apart!
-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive
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dustyal
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#1 posted 1294 days ago
beautiful work and fantastic story. You’ll enjoy this for a lifetime.
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a1Jim
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#2 posted 1294 days ago
Welcome to LJs This ia amazing work beautiful this falls in a group of what we call lazy larry’s around here you will find out why in short order. Outstanding workmanship look forward to more projects and you input.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
Karson
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#3 posted 1294 days ago
A fantastic lazy susan. Congrats on the two person build.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Bob Kollman
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#4 posted 1294 days ago
Very much excellent!!! Beautiful colors, I wish my first posting would have been this good…
-- Bob Kenosha Wi.
TopamaxSurvivor
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#5 posted 1294 days ago
Welcome aboard!! Nice work, WOW!
-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0
huff
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#6 posted 1294 days ago
Awesome work from both your father and you. Welcome to LJ’s and thanks for sharing your project and the story behind it. Super job.
-- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com
Dale J Struhar Sr
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#7 posted 1294 days ago
Wow absolutely beautiful. Nice work to the both of you.
-- Dale, Ohio
degoose
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#8 posted 1294 days ago
Cool looking bit of work.
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nmkidd
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#9 posted 1294 days ago
Really nifty!! Awesome that you and your father worked on this at different times and places….together.
Welcome to LJs.
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dustbunny
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#10 posted 1294 days ago
Gorgeous !!
I like the addition.
It really adds a nice touch to the whole piece.
Lisa
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stefang
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#11 posted 1294 days ago
Wow what a beautiful project and so well done too, by you and your father. A great start. Welcome to LJ. I hope you will get your dad to join too if he isn’t already a member. Looking forward to your future projects.
-- Mike, American in Norway
ellen35
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#12 posted 1294 days ago
WOW! That is one nice board! i love the contrasting wood.
It looks like a time consuming but worthwhile endeavor… especially when shared with your dad.
Ellen
-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
douglbe
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#13 posted 1294 days ago
What patience it takes to make something that beautiful. Welcome aboard.
-- Doug, Reed City, Michigan
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#14 posted 1294 days ago
Welcome to lumberjocks, nice work, and cool story.
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Gary
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#15 posted 1294 days ago
Hi; welcome to LJ’s.
That’s a lot of work BUT the end result is well worth it!!!
-- Gary, Florida. http://www.penturners.org/forum/f70/servicepens-2013-a-98908/
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