November 21: Finishes

The last 4 days nobody was here to clean, do laundry, or even care whether we had vacuumed.  So, guess what I should have done all day?  I did do laundry, vacuum, and do some hand sewing, but there is more to do tomorrow.  With all the wood coming into the apartment, I wish I loved to dust, but.........

Anyway, here are a few finishes.

Rachel's patched woodworker apron - I added many patches
simply to cover up all the holes.  Then I added the little flowers
to make it a little girly.  They could be snipped out in moments
ifs she does not like it, but it does make this salvaged apron a
little more special.  lol

This candlestick is two different turned pieces.
The spindle is cherry and the drip plate is maple.
This was today's turning project for Kevin's class.

This box is spaulded cherry with walnut splines.  The lid is a spaulded cherry frame and panel.  The feet are walnut. It is finished with several coats of polyurethane and a coat of wax.  There is another box of the same wood combination that is being worked on that is waiting for an inner tray.  That will happen after Thanksgiving.



  My quilter's side table has finally arrived.  The base and drawers are made of cherry.  The color differences has to due with the way the grains run and the fact that the pieces came from two different boards.  The top has a cherry frame with an Ohio Star pattern created with curly maple and a mahogany veneer. Because the grains in the veneers run different directions the light refracts differently from various angle, which is why the lighter triangles appear to be different colors.  However, when you have a bird's eye veiw the woods are more consistent in color.