| Project by RJones | posted 525 days ago | 691 views | 8 times favorited | 13 comments |  |
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Designed for a client with modern tastes this project had it’s moments!!! It was construted primarly from alder, with a bookmatched, home sawn, curly maple veneer top and walnut inlay. For a finish I went with 4 coats of the arm-r-seal and the ole shellac/dye trick to help pop the maple. It stands 36” high and is 12” wide and 68” long. Materials run about $300 and I have about 50 hours in it. For details on the construction check out my blog here as I tried my best to keep tabs on the process but…
Sorry about the pics, they’re kinda bad but hopefully tomorrow I can get some better ones!!
Enjoy,
RJ
-- http://rjoneswoodworks.com/
13 comments so far
lazyfiremaninTN
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posted 525 days ago
Man, that is absolutely beautiful. Amazing work.
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ND2ELK
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posted 525 days ago
Great design and detail. You did a beautiful job on this piece. thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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moshel
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this is soooooo beautiful. i love the arc!
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Randy
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That’s wonderfull!
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Greg Wurst
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posted 525 days ago
A real work of art!
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jockmike2
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posted 525 days ago
Nice unique change of design for a bookcase. Inlay looks good too.
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 525 days ago
Hey RJ;
Two comments:
Fantastic design!
Incredible workmanship!
Lee
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RJones
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posted 525 days ago
Thanks everyone! With any luck I will get some better pics today as the ones I have posted don’t really do it justice:(
RJ
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CharlieM1958
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posted 525 days ago
Hey, Lee said it all above. Great piece!
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woodnut
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All I can say is what everyone else has said. Beautiful piece and great design. I just may have to copy this one hope that is alright.
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RJones
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posted 525 days ago
Woodnut,
Just bring a lot of patience as this one is a great test! Charlie’s signature couldn’t be more right “Woodworking – patience = firewood”
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SPHinTampa
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posted 524 days ago
Very nice piece.
Can you provide a little more detail on the finish approach you used to “pop” the figure? I did not see details in the blog.
Thanks,
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RJones
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posted 524 days ago
SPH,
here’s a link to The Wood Whisperers video on Popping the Grain
Marc does a better job describing the process in his his video then I ever could!
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