On Nov 15, 9:02*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:


Weave a basket for me, will ya, big guy?


No basket weaving yet; too many pokey things. It took a special
requisition to get the rubber scissors for doll-cutting.
They're very nice scissors... black and green... German made... I
can't make out the whole name.. Fe..s..tt. can't tell... too many
teeth-marks.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:34:39 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
wrote:

On Nov 15, 9:02*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:


Weave a basket for me, will ya, big guy?


No basket weaving yet; too many pokey things. It took a special

Grok that.


requisition to get the rubber scissors for doll-cutting.
They're very nice scissors... black and green... German made... I
can't make out the whole name.. Fe..s..tt. can't tell... too many
teeth-marks.

There, there. I understand. Just take your time.

--
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
-- J. K. Rowling

On Nov 13, 9:14*am, RP wrote:
On Nov 12, 6:00*am, jtpr wrote:

I felled a black cherry tree in my yard and now I'm milling the wood
from it. *I am finding all of this wood to be about the color of
Maple, maybe a wee bit darker. * How come whenever you see any Cherry
furniture or cabinets it is a dark reddish brown in color? *Is it
always stained?

-Jim

For cherry wood that I buy from local hardwood vendors I use boiled
linseed oil, next day a coat of shellac(sanding sealer style, no wax)
and then poly or lacquer or whatever. The BLO instantly gives the hi
pro glow. In a couple of years the color is absolutely stunning.

RP

BLO followed by French polish with orange shellac = perfection.

Ed Zachary! *I just don't understand all this yap about forcing Cherry to
darken using noxious chemicals, and it goes right back to what I said about us
living in a world of instant gratification. *I don't know that I've ever seen
"forcibly" darkened Cherry, but I'd be damned surprised if it looked anywhere
near as good as Cherry that's been left alone to do its own thing.

I like instant gratification. Especially if I can get it a few times
in a row.

To be honest, the first time I darkened Cherry using my chemical soup
I almost gratified in my pants I loved the look so much.

There is a long and proud tradition of using the chemicals nature gave
us in my area of furniture design, namely Craftsman, Stickly
influenced, etc. They used amonia fuming for 100 years. Other than
shellac every film finish is a chemical mix.

As far as how good it looks? I have a 100+ year old rustic Cherry side
table and the chemical treatment is the only thing that every got
close to the lovely deep color of that piece. 100 years of oxidizing
in an instant. Trust me, a little sunshine ain't gona do anything like
this in 10 years.

I have never understood this religious adherance to the natural color
of Cherry. I stain it, **** on it, use minwax ploy shades, aniline
dyes, water based pigment stains, toned lacquer and all sorts of
abominations and every piece more lovely than the last.

On Nov 16, 5:56*pm, "SonomaProducts.com" wrote:
Ed Zachary! *I just don't understand all this yap about forcing Cherry to
darken using noxious chemicals, and it goes right back to what I said about us
living in a world of instant gratification. *I don't know that I've ever seen
"forcibly" darkened Cherry, but I'd be damned surprised if it looked anywhere
near as good as Cherry that's been left alone to do its own thing.

I like instant gratification. Especially if I can get it a few times
in a row.

To be honest, the first time I darkened Cherry using my chemical soup
I almost gratified in my pants I loved the look so much.

There is a long and proud tradition of using the chemicals nature gave
us in my area of furniture design, namely Craftsman, Stickly
influenced, etc. They used amonia fuming for 100 years. Other than
shellac every film finish is a chemical mix.

As far as how good it looks? I have a 100+ year old rustic Cherry side
table and the chemical treatment is the only thing that every got
close to the lovely deep color of that piece. 100 years of oxidizing
in an instant. Trust me, a little sunshine ain't gona do anything like
this in 10 years.

I have never understood this religious adherance to the natural color
of Cherry. I stain it, **** on it, use minwax ploy shades, aniline
dyes, water based pigment stains, toned lacquer and all sorts of
abominations and every piece more lovely than the last.

Do an alcohol test on old shellacked cherry. What rubs
off isn't superblonde.

Bob AZ wrote:
On Nov 12, 4:00*am, jtpr wrote:
I felled a black cherry tree in my yard and now I'm milling the wood
from it. *

Jim

Please comment, if you will, about the sizes of the wood after
milling. Please include the height of the main trunk if possible.

Thanks
Bob AZ

Well, after milling each plank was about 4/4 thick, 10-12 feet long
and maybe 12" wide. The tree itself was about 60' high.

-Jim

Well, after milling each plank was about 4/4 thick, 10-12 feet long
and maybe 12" wide. The tree itself *was about 60' high.

-Jim

Nice!!! How many planks?