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    thanks for your nice comments... the purple is...

    thanks for your nice comments... the purple is purpleheart, the yellow is yellowheart, the orange is paduak. i usually keep the main woods of the board to either ash, red oak, or in these cases...
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    exercises in cutting boards

    cutting boards keep me amused. by working with as many different types, grains, and colors of wood as i can easily get my hands on, each board is like a new canvas to create images and patterns. i...
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    very original design....i love it. nice...

    very original design....i love it. nice job!:2tsup:
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    beautiful work.....the marquetry is amazing...i...

    beautiful work.....the marquetry is amazing...i also think its a nice functional design, and as you said, the best part about it is knowing its getting use and being appreciated. good job!:2tsup:
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    beautiful work!:2tsup:

    beautiful work!:2tsup:
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    incredible job...its really an amazing piece of...

    incredible job...its really an amazing piece of art, as crowie says. usually i can figure out some construction tricks....but this ones got me baffled. theres some quadrant symmetry...but all...
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    searching for a cutting board finish

    my request is a simple one.

    i make ornamental cutting and breadboard/cheeseboard type gifts, using a wide variety of inlay woods and 4 or 5 basic composition woods. most of my boards are...
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    been there..did that..won't again

    just a quick note to add to many of the other useful ones here. i had finished a lovely paduk inlay - on cherry cutting or breadboard as a gift for a friend. i had coated it with vegetable oil. i put...
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    a desktop gifty

    my latest for a friend....

    ..mahogany letters, bubinga shelf, nicaraguan rosewood base, recycled (maple?) spindle.

    Q: is this too suggestive a gift for a currently platonic friend? i...
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    thanks conwood--- i like the inlay table stuff...

    thanks conwood---

    i like the inlay table stuff too, mainly because if you do a decent job, your work is in a high visibility location. of course, when you f*** up a section and are tempted to...
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    WOW.....that work is amazing. i've never seen...

    WOW.....that work is amazing. i've never seen anything like that.

    curves like that speak to me. they say things like..

    "go ahead. wrap your hand around me. i know you want to."
    and...
  12. nice work, Dan-- i especially like the...

    nice work, Dan-- i especially like the efficient use of the sapwood as a striking eye-pleaser there.

    i had bought some hi-figured cherry for a project, and it really bugged me to have to trim...
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    tanks for the tumbs up, peter .... the legs...

    tanks for the tumbs up, peter ....

    the legs are a lightweight combination of the 3/4 inch mahogany arcs and the luan, neither of which provide much strength by themselves. all i really had in...
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    inlayed octagon coffee table

    when the wood speaks to you--you listen. either that, or its time to get out of the shop, as you've inhaled a bit to much of those finishing fumes.:rolleyes:

    this table started life as several 2...
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    lots of variations

    after googling "Morris Chair" to get some design ideas, i found many, many different spins on the chair, particularily in the arrangement of the arm. there was obviously an original design by...
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    desk? what desk..?

    i found it amusing that it reminded everyone of an old school desk.

    i know theres no dusty desk memories of anything like that in my head. my desk memories are of formica clunkers with tan...
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    the bend in the leg does limit the depth in which...

    the bend in the leg does limit the depth in which the table can be pulled into your lap. i based the design for use with two particular sofas i had. with the lower hard front of the sofa in contact...
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    a unique tray table

    i'd welcome some comments on this little table i recently built. it was designed to mimic a neat function of an inexpensive fold up product, with feet that tuck in under a couch or big chair. ...
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    thanks rob, john, jmk... i wasnt sure if...

    thanks rob, john, jmk...

    i wasnt sure if something that thick was suitable for steaming, but maybe with the narrowing of the back section of the arm.... i guess its quite possible.
    thats where...
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    yeah..i know..here they come

    .....as i said..i am a newbie..LOL.

    2 pics as promised.

    http://www.craftsmanhome.com/furniture/hile/HS0020.html

    http://www.whitmcleod.com/oak/spindleMorris.html
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    a few examples..

    with apologies to wherever it was i found these...here are 2 examples of moderately bowed arms on the morris chairs.

    i like the deep curve---it would provide a nice tactile shape for the...
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    Morris chairs and bowed arms

    Greetings all...

    Ive been looking over some sample pics for a Morris chair style project, and my favorite designs are those with the deeply bowed arms. Many of the pics appear to use 4/4 or 5/4...
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