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This is a desk we made and shipped to Boston back in April. The wood was sold to me as mango wood and I believe it comes from Southeast Asia. It was not kiln dried and the main plank cracked when we removed the moldy finish. For process photos and information on the inlays and steel work, visit our blog at
http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/2008/03/mango-wood-desk.html
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trifern
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posted 118 days ago
Beautiful wood. I especially like the butterflies. Thank you for sharing.
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Dusty56
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posted 118 days ago
W O W , This beautiful and your butterflies are awesome too
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DAN
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posted 118 days ago
welcome to lumber jocks ! you do nice work
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SteveKorz
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posted 118 days ago
Very Cool! I love the inlays!
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SPHinTampa
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posted 118 days ago
Desk is great and I enjoyed reading your blog.
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GaryK
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posted 118 days ago
Very cool job. Nice patches!
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CharlieM1958
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posted 117 days ago
The progressively larger butterflies arew great.
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Chris
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posted 104 days ago
Like several other responders… I like the butterflies splines and the crack does give it character.
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Blake
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posted 103 days ago
I agree. Without that split it would not have been as interesting. Now you get to “show off” some inlay abilities, and the table becomes a reminder that wood is a living thing. It adds so much more visual interest to an already beautiful table. By the way, the way that you made each butterfly smaller as the crack gets smaller is really cool. It almost looks like a zipper.
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posted 103 days ago
very nice!
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