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A nearby gallery wanted me to create a table lamp with a vineyard scene, so here’s what came of the request. The wood (that shows) is all African mahogany. The stand is veneered (1/4” thick) for the grain match and the design relief was cut on my little 10” Rikon B/S with a 3/16” blade, and then sanded to finish with my (oh-I-love-this-machine) Ridgid spindle sander. I used a Porter-Cable Multi-Tool for the detail sanding in the tight inside corners. (“I have to write a review on it one of these daze.) The top case is all made from resawn 5/4 stock (resawn to 5/16” thick on my terrific Craftsman 14” B/S with a 1/2” Wood Slicer blade.)
BTW, has anyone ever noticed that the Rikon and Craftsman B/S’s seem to have come off of the same assembly line? Like EVERY detail is identical . . .
-- Skip, Forestville, CA, http://www.sonomastainedglass.com
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woodshaver
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#1 posted 218 days ago
First let me say Welcome to LJ’s
And now I need to tell you what I think of you lamp! Your lamp is absolutely gorgeous, I wish it were my lamp! The stained glass is strikingly bold and so pleasing to the eye and the African mahogany has a nice warm color to it. Just so beautiful love your work!
-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!
AJswoodshop
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#2 posted 218 days ago
Nice job on the lamp! Welcome to LumberJocks, I’m sure you’ll find some great tips, and great ideas here! That’s a great lamp!
-- If I can do it.....so can you! -AJswoodshop
Monte Pittman
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#3 posted 218 days ago
You’re really good at these
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
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#4 posted 217 days ago
Very, very nice.
-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington
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#5 posted 217 days ago
Wow this is a great lamp a very creative and beautiful design.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
ptofimpact
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#6 posted 217 days ago
Very wonderful skilled work, Thank you for sharing.
-- Pete in NC
489tad
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#7 posted 217 days ago
Yes welcome to LJ’s. I checked out your web page, your work is outstanding. Thank you for posting.
-- Dan I.G.N.
woodshaver
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#8 posted 217 days ago
489tad,
I just read your post and decided to check out riverguy’s web page! WOW!!! So many beautiful items to see!
I love all the lamps!
-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!
riverguy
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#9 posted 217 days ago
Thank you all for the compliments! I try to never loose sight of how lucky I am to be able to earn part of our keep doing something I truly enjoy. We won’t discuss how that comes out in dollars-per-hour, but I know a lot of you understand how that works!
-- Skip, Forestville, CA, http://www.sonomastainedglass.com
Mean_Dean
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#10 posted 215 days ago
Wow—beautiful lamp!!
-- Dean
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