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  1. 01-12-2007, 11:23 AM #1
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    Jewel of the Nile

    I haven't showed these pics until now....the back of the doors on Stan's cabinet have two jewel like crystal formations,,,they are like amber and feel like a precious stone...I left them in...Shedua is from Africa...hence Nile
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  3. 01-12-2007, 11:29 AM #2
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    Fascinating stuff Mark. Is this a pocket caused by the tree, such as an build up of sap? Or is itcaused by insects?
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    Natural inlay, now that is cool!
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    Very interesting. Did you have to replace your planer blades after discovering that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Gill
    Very interesting. Did you have to replace your planer blades after discovering that?
    No they are cutting fine...I think the doors went through the drum sander and then I used a hand scraper on the jewels
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    What a cool find, Mark. Have you seen that before?
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    On the Glue Joint?

    Hard to tell by the pictures, but the jewels appear to be on a glue joint between 2 panels. If so, how did they behave on the Jointer/Handplane.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Goodwin
    Hard to tell by the pictures, but the jewels appear to be on a glue joint between 2 panels. If so, how did they behave on the Jointer/Handplane.

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    Robert they are in one piece...it just changes color
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Richards
    What a cool find, Mark. Have you seen that before?
    Nope never....!
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    Very interesting...never seen that before either. Good title for the thread!!!
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    In the same way teak can be embedded with sand that it acquires from the soil, maybe this wood did something similar.
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    Very cool, way better than the once or twice I've exposed what I supposed was buckshot
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Michaels
    In the same way teak can be embedded with sand that it acquires from the soil, maybe this wood did something similar.
    John , the sand in teak is not really visible ...it just ruins your jnives and blades
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    Really neat and glad you left them. I found a bullet in some walnut I planed last year and used it for bed rail. Never found any jewels, though.
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    Facinating. An excelent special detail.
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