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Desk made for my Daughter. She plays the violin in High school and I tried to sugest a violin by using the fiddle back maple. The lumber came from a fundraising auction at Jeffry Lohr woodworking. It is all 4/4 so I had to laminate the legs and feet. The effect is pretty cool.
Top is 48×26 and 29 1/2 in high. analine dye, BLO, brushed blonde shellac.

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That is a great table, love the wood. I will be glad to put it in my house if you just going to set it outside:)
 

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Very nice. Beautiful wood…
 

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WOW that figure is INSANE! Nice job.
 

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amazing grain. any idea of cost per board foot.
 

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Great looking Piece, I love the clean lines… Could you expand upon the subject of the analine dyes? I have seen a lot of posts and such about using them to pop the grain in figured would but have not seen anyone describe how they do it.
 

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Helipilot, I bought 40 bd ft at a fundraising auction. I think it ended up about $6.25 a bd ft. Not bad. A couple of nice 12 inch wide boards and some not so nice.
 

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Great looking table.
 

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Chris, I used Moser's Golden Maple Aniline dye. First time I ever used it. It's powder that you mix with hot water. I used it to get a darker hue to more closley match a violin back. It does not pop the grain. It's actually pretty flat. After the dye I used one soaking coat of Boiled linseed Oil. That makes it Pop! I then put 4 coats of shellac to give it an aged feel.
 

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The size and shape is perfect along with the Craftsmanship : ) Beautiful wood as well !
 

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Beautiful piece, Henry!!
 

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This is absolutely beautiful! You should be proud of the result.
 

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Stunning!
 

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Fantastic table with outstanding wood.
 

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Excellent finish the figure really "pop's".
 

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that maple is so beautiful it really just takes my breath away, great job on the desk too!

~isaac
 

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wonderful wood and great design
 
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