Any woodworkers?

How are you cutting out your state outline?
I use a template and trace with router for mine

 

nice, what woods you using? I see walnut, is it oak and cherry or maple?

 

It's cherry and Walnut and white oak that was cut well over 100 years ago.

 

the oak looks like its got some good grain to it.

 

Just using pine plywood with a scroll saw for detail. Really don’t want to make the plaque fancier than the horns... good looking work though.

 

My big Black Friday deal was to order a nice slab for a live edge Walnut dining room table. My Walnut live edge river table for the living room came out great. I just need to make the legs. I spent the last week filling out voids and cracks, sanding out drips to make it perfect. It looks better than these old pictures.





That gives you an idea on what I plan for the dining room table. This will be much larger without the center river. I will just use clear resin to fill the voids.

This is the two butterfly slabs I ordered.



Together 48 - 56" wide, 2 1/2" thick and 128" long. I will cut off about 48" for a second table.

 

A few of the boards that I shaped and painted over the years..

 

Page 135 has the info.

 

I scored this pine table from one of my clients a while back. I live in an apartment and I don't have any electricity in my garage so I did all the sanding and finishing entirely by hand.
I used a two inch scraper then hand sanded the rest of it. I used stripper and scotch bright on the detail on the legs (woulda been much easier with a heat gun but no power).
The apron and legs are stained then finished with a hard wax. The top is stained, two coats of oil poly, final coat water based poly (satin).
I've been sanding hardwood floors for nearly 30 years, and 20 years ago we used to hand distress flooring on benches then install and finish on site.
Since I didn't use any electricity on this project I like to tell people that I did this Mexican-Amish style

 

thats some dedication. Looks great, very rustic!

 

Stocking hanger is coming along nicely. Still working on the base.

 

I hear you! That's why I always make a few samples before I stain the floor. Duraseal is all we use. I have had good luck with the classic grey or a mix of it with one of the other grey stains on red oak. I will see if I can find some pictures.

 

Progress...

 

This is going look great oiled up..

Probably gonna use a green epoxy in the seams...

 

How do you cut your box joints? I have been looking at a table saw jig.

 

Vermont American jig from WoodCraft. Also a diy depending on the piece..

 

Getting closer....

 

This might be one of the funnier things i've seen in a while. @TK-422 made this picture from my most recent wood work design.

 

Bout $500 worth of wood getting ready to be turned into at least $1k worth of cutting boards

 

Wood Smith store?