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Live Edge Free form Nakashima style Walnut Bench

Project by TexPenn posted 468 days ago 472 views 2 times favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites Watch

52 long, 23 deep & 33 tall. The seat is 1-3/8 thick & 14 t0 17 deep & 16 high from the floor, with the back rising 19 above the seat. Spar urethane finish. Walnut slabs – Hickory supports & hard maple butterflies. I dont think I have ever seen walnut this dark black & purple! See the listing at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180270948407&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=008

-- Ted, TX or PA www.around-the-bend.com


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Dusty56

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posted 468 days ago

Another beauty !!! That Walnut is so rich looking : ) How thick do the butterflies need to be to work properly ?

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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Dick, & Barb Cain

6991 posts in 1178 days


posted 467 days ago

Beautiful!

Just like nature intended.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Bigbuck

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posted 467 days ago

Very nice. That is some beutiful walnut

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 593 days


posted 467 days ago

AAHHHH YYYEEEEAAAAHHHHH! I like this a lot! It would fit right in at my home… I love the live edges… very nice work!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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jockmike2

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posted 467 days ago

Wonderful work of art. Nakashima would have loved it.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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jeanmarc

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posted 466 days ago

Very nice. nice work!

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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TexPenn

277 posts in 566 days


posted 466 days ago

I use 3/4 – 1/2”butterflies. Never less than 3/8”.

-- Ted, TX or PA www.around-the-bend.com

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GaryK

9496 posts in 867 days


posted 466 days ago

Very nice. Those are a couple great chunks of wood

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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