Thanks Mark & Juanita,

Perhaps you have an answer for one of the woodworking mysteries. I made the
handles from raw material after processing it with
- jointer
- planer
- cabinet saw
- pen (free hand)
- band saw
- shaper
- steel wool

The mystery is in the last step. Sometimes the wood becomes very shiny with
fine steel wool, but not always.

Cheers, Ollie

"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
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"Ollie" olivili at hot mail dot c o m wrote:

We had some 1'x1' granite tiles left from a previous project and SWMBO
wanted to salvage those. One of the ideas was a potting table for her
gardening hobby. All the supporting wood is white oak and the other
parts
are cedar. There are no fancy joints - all the parts were glued
together
and heavy dowel pins were added later for mechanical support. The
drilling holes for the dowels were then covered with plugs.

I was concerned for the exposed end grains in the vertical beams and
added
small roof tops for them.
...snip

Very nice. I really like the handles




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