On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:37:43 -0500, "Charlie M. 1958"
wrote:

ghost wrote:
Group,
Sorry for the LARGE files.
Spend most of my time with MP3 groups where large files are
commonplace.
This time I looked twice and post once? LOL
U all have a good day.


The tops on the dresser are nightstand look fabulous from what I can
see. What's the wood and finish type?

Charlie,
Thanks for the compliment.
Looking for good wood at the home depot or lowe's didn't cut it.
So I spent some time at the Rockler store being a pest. I bought a few
blades and bits
and learned that there were 4 wood mills within 30 minutes driving
time from me here in
Downey CA. Wow I didn't know that there were so many exotic woods
available today.
So I visited one of them, Bohnhoff Lumber Mill in Los Angeles, CA.
I found some great aged clear white popular and had them mill it to my
specs. I needed some true 1 ½ inch for the arch headboard and foot
board cut outs. I ended up with a few
1-1/2"x14"x 10' for that project.
I used the scrap from that for the vertical bars and side plates.
I was disappointed in the limited oil base stains and finished
available today, so I used minwax water base conditioner, water base
stain - colonial pine color, and water base polycrylic finish. Three
sprayed coats of clear finish sanded between each coat. I like the
polycrylic finish. It sprays nice and looks great.
The tops are 20x20 porcelain tile cut all four sides to fit and the
cuts polished w/ a 100 grit diamond water fed disc pad to remove the
chips that a diamond saw makes. The ribbons are cut and finished the
same way. That was a lot of work. No grout. I have all the tools and
experience working with tile and polishing granite and marble from the
work I did in my kitchen
I'de post some pics of my kitchen stone work but that would be off
topic in this group 'cause it's stone not wood. ;o)
Take care Charlie,
Do all garages look like this?
OHM'S law should only be practiced by electrified nerds.
Fran