This was my first experience with mesquite. I sawed the wood from a mesquite log a friend brought me from the ‘Hill Country” of Tx. This wood finishes unbelievably nice. Sand it to 220 and it feels like glass! Dimensions are 15×7x5 1/2”. Finish is Min Wax Tung Oil Finish. Bottom was doweled in place rather than dadoed. -- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm
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7 comments so far
DonnyBahama
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#1 posted 670 days ago
Really NICE. Love the natural edge on the lid.
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Gene Howe
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#2 posted 669 days ago
Suhweeet! I love mesquite.
-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
LittlePaw
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#3 posted 669 days ago
Beautiful wood, craftmanship and finish! I especially like the live-edge! I’ll be looking for some mesquite to take things out of. Gorgeous!
-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.
gfadvm
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#4 posted 669 days ago
Thanks. You guys are too kind!
-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm
littlecope
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#5 posted 669 days ago
Great Box Doc!!
-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.
dubsaloon
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#6 posted 668 days ago
I LOVE IT!! That arching grain with the box dovetails wonderful!
-- The works of evil people are not the problem. It is the "Good" people standing by and watching not speaking up. Dubsaloon
JRL
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#7 posted 576 days ago
Dimensional allusion with those photos! If you’d told me it was 4’ long and weighed 50 pounds I would have believed it!
Fantastic results! My eyes fall straight to the live edge.
-- Jay in Changsha
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