Hi friends,
Wow, as I write this the top three thread on the forum are about sharpening. As one of the main perpetrators of sharpening discussions that go on and on and on....and on....etc... I feel it is my duty to start a thread about something other than sharpening stones.
So here's what I'm up to lately. I've been working on this cabinet for DVDs and small books for well....way to long. Just can't seem to get as much time in the shop as I would like and I'm not that fast a woodworker anyway...so it goes I guess. Anyway, I don't have any super recent pics of it on me but here's a few from a while back when I was looking at hardware options.
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Its farther along now. Just need to hang the doors, nail on the t&g back, slap some finish it and install the hardware.
I do have some recent pics of the finish options I was considering. I asked George what he liked for figured maple and he said his favorite was Thai/Siam Seedlac. Well, I ended up ordering that from shellac.net along with some "Dark Brown Biyasaki" seedlac as well as some Kusmi seedlac which is lighter and more refined. Here it is slapped on a test piece (though not all that evenly)...from left to right it goes Dark Brown Biyasaki, Thai/Siam, Kusmi, bare wood
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I decided to go with the Biyaski (again on the left). I quite like it...its got a nice deep carmel tone w/o the oranginess of amber shellac. Here is on one of the door panels (which I prefinished) with BLO first applied underneath.
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Anyway that's what I've been up to in terms of actual woodworking. What's on your bench?