This probably looks redundant..

But they now have 3 coats of varnish and are completed.

The veneered tops were interesting to work with, the walnut was from a
scrap that I could not throw away considering the possibility of book
matching the veneers. The figured oak veneers were a small length cut
from the end of a 9' board that looks the same over the entire length.
A lot more veneers to come out of that board.



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On Friday, December 15, 2017 at 11:50:18 AM UTC-6, Leon wrote:
This probably looks redundant..

But they now have 3 coats of varnish and are completed.

The veneered tops were interesting to work with, the walnut was from a
scrap that I could not throw away...

They look great, good job. Recipients should enjoy them.

Do you date and/or sign your personal gifts? Just curious. Some of my friends/family ask that I sign/mark and date certain pieces. I rarely think of them (projects) as that special.

Scrap pieces seem to always come in handy, down the road, that way.... more so for rare or figured wood, not so much for most of my plain-Jane scrap pieces, but I keep them, anyway.

Lately, I repaired (new rockers, new arms, new backrest top rail) and painted an old rocker, for my brother. Received the rush, today, for him to try to weave the seat & backrest. Too *cold to be doing much else, though I cleaned & sharpened a (garage sale) Bailey #5 plain, last might, as well as made a handle for a (Ebay) curved adze head and sharpened it.

Lagniappe:
*Listed on our local Craigslist, a snow plow for sale! Now, who in the heck would have something as that, down here? .... And who, down here, would buy it?

Sonny

On 12/15/2017 12:53 PM, Sonny wrote:
On Friday, December 15, 2017 at 11:50:18 AM UTC-6, Leon wrote:
This probably looks redundant..

But they now have 3 coats of varnish and are completed.

The veneered tops were interesting to work with, the walnut was from a
scrap that I could not throw away...

They look great, good job. Recipients should enjoy them.

Thank you sir!


Do you date and/or sign your personal gifts? Just curious. Some of my friends/family ask that I sign/mark and date certain pieces. I rarely think of them (projects) as that special.

No I do not, unless that is requested. I always have our all knowing
copilot guiding me when I build and I do not want to assume full credit.


Scrap pieces seem to always come in handy, down the road, that way.... more so for rare or figured wood, not so much for most of my plain-Jane scrap pieces, but I keep them, anyway.

I find it difficult to throw any thing away. LOL. In our previous home
of 30 years we had a fire place and the scraps made great fire starters.
I learned almost the hard way to not burn scraps exclusively, that
burns very HOT!


Lately, I repaired (new rockers, new arms, new backrest top rail) and painted an old rocker, for my brother. Received the rush, today, for him to try to weave the seat & backrest. Too *cold to be doing much else, though I cleaned & sharpened a (garage sale) Bailey #5 plain, last might, as well as made a handle for a (Ebay) curved adze head and sharpened it.

Cool!


Lagniappe:
*Listed on our local Craigslist, a snow plow for sale! Now, who in the heck would have something as that, down here? .... And who, down here, would buy it?


Well it did snow a few days ago down here in Houston. ;~) Maybe again
in another 9 or so years. LOL