Completed Project

[Rob Luter]

Here's some frames I finished recently. A local cabinetmaker/custom furniture shop was selling off some surplus sticks of lumber. I nabbed a couple nice pieces of Curley QS White Oak. One of them was used on these. I used walnut dowels to peg the blind tenons. The finish is Varithane Golden Oak Stain with two coats of Watco Dark Walnut used as a glaze to darken the open pores. A couple coats of shellac after all that dried, then paste wax applied with 0000 steel wool and lots of rubbing with a cotton rag. They turned out pretty nice if I do say so myself. :D

Sorry about the flash reflection.

[Hank Knight]

Nice job, Rob. I think they are elegant and the color is just beautiful.

[Roy McQuay]

That is beautiful figure Rob, and nice job too!

[jonathan snyder]

Very Nice!!! I like the M&T frame rather than mitered corners.

Jonathan

[Ron Brese]

Those are really nice, I appreciate the fact that you kept them simple and let the figure be the interest. Adding profile would have detracted from the wood.

Ron

[Rob Luter]

Thanks to all for the kind words. It's nice to start creating again after all those years off. Next up: a Stickley knockoff plant stand and an entry foyer table.

[Charles Jackson III]

Nice frames.