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Thanks for the compliments Jon. I use Behlen Solar-Lux Jet lack Stain to achieve the ebonized effect. I apply (wipe on) several coats and this stain dries in minutes so the whole process is short. ...

I recently finished this two drawer file cabinet. the top is purpleheart, base/drawer fronts are walnut and the cabinet is ebonized ash. The drawer fronts are bandsawn veneers from a piece with...

I darkened the walnut with gel stain and then applied five coats of arm r seal.

I recently finished this 44" x 33" walnut and zebra wood bookcase. The top is solid zebra wood. The side panels and back are zebra wood and walnut veneers that I cut on the bandsaw. The legs have...

Heather,
Here is a pic of the granite top. The sink is Kohler and the faucet is Grohe.
George
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I thought I would share a few pics of a small bathroom vanity that I finished recently. The exterior is all walnut with band sawn walnut crotch veneer door panels. I had been looking for a good use...

John
I have installed knife hinges before but this was my first experience with the inset type. I may a jig to route the mortises in the frame and door. This made everything line up well. I cut...

John
I have a rather pedesrian16" jet bandsaw with a 1" laguna blade and a laguna resaw fence. It cuts well but is limited to a 10" resaw height. I slice the veneers at. .090 thick and drum sand...

I recently found an interesting piece of spalted butternut at Tom Sontag's Lumber Logs and decided to slice it up into veneers and build a small cabinet for a printer. The frame, top and other parts...

Dan -
I cut the curves on all pieces on the bandsaw. I made templates from MDF and smoothed the curves using the templates and a flush trim router bit.
Thank you for the compliments.
George

Irvin -
The finishing schedule is: gel stain, two coats of thinned seal coat and 4-6 coats of arm-r-seal (6 coats on top only).
George

Here are a few pics of one of a pair of end tables I completed recently. The design and construction are fairly straight forward. All domino joinery. The lower self has bandsawn veneers for...

Thank you for all of the nice compliments.

I used a #4 plane because it is the largest plane that I own. It worked fine in this case because the roughsawn walnut was fairly uniform in surface...

My lastest project is a 42 x 96 dining table made from walnut. The top is fabricated from three boards that originally were 1 3/8 thick (rough). I had to hand plane the boards to approx 1 1/4...

I have had success using gel stain after first applying a coat of thinned shellac. I have not experienced any blotching with this method. I agree with several others that cherry is beautiful when...