Toney Robertson
01-30-2008, 9:24 PM
Some new things for me on these projects.
I had never veneered anything before and I had never machine cut dovetails. I also used a card scraper more than I had before.
On the first one, the oak was reclaimed from the old high school that my two brothers went to before consolidation. We got 2-3 truckloads of casing, base and door frames before the walls came tumbling down. It has Madrona veneer that was picked up at Rockler for $5.00 for an eight sheet flitch. The pictures are not great. I could not seem to get focused and the color is not quite true. It is red but more like cherry before it ages.
The second is Walnut burl from Rockler. The frame material came from trees off of my Dad's land.
Both were veneered on 1/2" BB ply with pear veneer on the back. Both are quad matches.
Critiques and comments welcome.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Oaktray2.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Oaktray.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Walnuttray.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Walnuttraycenter.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Walnuttraydovetails.jpg
Toney
I had never veneered anything before and I had never machine cut dovetails. I also used a card scraper more than I had before.
On the first one, the oak was reclaimed from the old high school that my two brothers went to before consolidation. We got 2-3 truckloads of casing, base and door frames before the walls came tumbling down. It has Madrona veneer that was picked up at Rockler for $5.00 for an eight sheet flitch. The pictures are not great. I could not seem to get focused and the color is not quite true. It is red but more like cherry before it ages.
The second is Walnut burl from Rockler. The frame material came from trees off of my Dad's land.
Both were veneered on 1/2" BB ply with pear veneer on the back. Both are quad matches.
Critiques and comments welcome.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Oaktray2.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Oaktray.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Walnuttray.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Walnuttraycenter.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/iublue/Walnuttraydovetails.jpg
Toney