I'm actually doing a night table for my wife and it has similar grain
and pith.. My problem has been planing by hand. It's been tough the
grain has not been very friendly to work on. I want the chatoyance, so I
don't want to sand it. Did you sand or plane?

On 12/4/2010 3:56 PM, Kevin wrote:
On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 05:25:14 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net wrote:

I don't wish to alarm you but somebody sold you some wood that still had
bark on it. And there appears to be some kind of rot or insect infestation
in the middle of two of the boxes. Just though you should know.

grin, duck and run


I was hoping no one would catch on to that. I ran out of good wood
and had to raid the burn pile

But seriously, I think the walnut on the front of one of them was from
a section most people would have cut out and tossed in the burn pile,
perhaps with a bit of regret. Big ol' knot and a punky spot
surrounded by nice figure. On a different day I might not stop to
save it myself.

-Kevin