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This is a colonial style mantel that I built out of poplar for my wife this holiday season as a gift. The original mantel was a simple pine board that did not match after I tiled the fireplace. This was my first time using crown molding which was a pain until I made a jig for the table saw to cut it at the right angles. The top is 6/4 poplar and the rest is 4/4 and out of the deal I was able to purchase a new router to add the edge to the mantle top. As a final touch on the backside of the mantel I mortised a spot and mounted a 2006 dated penny.
-- Mark, Norfolk, VA
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Don
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posted 698 days ago
Mark, welcome to LumberJocks. Good to see you putting up your first project only a few minutes after you joined us.
That’s one of the great things about doing home projects, you can justify spending some money on tools.
Nice work.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 698 days ago
Beautiful Mark,
I bet when people enter the room they can’t keep their eyes away from it.
Welcome aboard Lumberjocks.
-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
mark
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posted 697 days ago
Thanks Don and Dick for the welcome and comments, it is nice to be able to share my creations with other woodworkers.
I have received a few compliments on it so far, in fact my neighbor fell in love with it and wants me to build her a mantel for her fireplace.
Thanks for the encouraging words and I am looking forward to completing and posting more projects in the future.
-- Mark, Norfolk, VA
Napaman
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posted 57 days ago
mark…this was not your first project post…but in the PULSE PAge…its one of THE oldest projects…I am bored…so thought i would go backwards and see the old stuff—-the oldies but goodies…very cool stuff…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...119 days to sanity...