Easel frame

Very well done. Nice clean lines.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Good job !

the whole piece is awesome, the picture of you and your brother is priceless, your not my family and after seeing this picture i feel like hugging you both..it captures my thoughts of when i was young and to days when i was young with my sisters, i also lost my youngest sister to cancer and it was her that i was the closest too..she had the talent to play the guitar and to sing, she loved john Denver, i have an album of his where she pasted her own picture over johns wife…im sure you and your brother were close too…a great way to keep his memory alive.

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

Jean, I love it! When routing (I assume) the bevel on the maple, did the birds eyes have a tendency to pop out? If not, did you do something to prevent it? Or did you cut the bevels on a table saw?

-- From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward. - Prov 12:14

Wow that’s great.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Beautifully done! And, I’m sure your parents will love it.

Very nice piece. Great wood, great craftsmanship & it comes from the heart. Well done.

-- dnick, North Hollywood, Ca.

I like how the wood is used for the “mat”. I was thinking of trying that because it looks amazing.

@Mark…
The Birdseye maple presented more of a problem at the planer and jointer than at the router table….
As with any figured wood…..light passes is the key…
The bevels were done with a chamfering bit at the router table. I didn’t have any problem with tear out when routing but at the planer I had to be REALLY careful!!
The pictures do absolutely NO justice to the final product….
That piece of maple was worth every bit of fussing I had to do at the machines!!!

-- Semper Fi

Beautiful work.

-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington