Originally Posted by
Mike Henderson
You'll need three kinds of veneer, one light, one dark and one intermediate between the two. It generally does not look good to have white (like holly) and black (like ebony or dyed black).
You can get a pretty cool effect using all maple or all birch if the grain runs the long way on the trapezoids: the difference in reflectance from the three different orientations looks like three different colors...and it changes as you rotate the piece.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
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The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
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