Any woodworkers?

Awesome

 

Thank you

 

Yep, theres a local farmers market i go to and look, lots of different crafts etc. I know some my stuff isnt the best but its unique.

I should have taken a pic, but there wasa chest some one made and it prob had $150 in red oak for $75. There was a big skillsaw mark in the top corner...my ocd was kicking staring at it...lol

 

Not a great shot, but one of two decks I built at my humble abode....

 

Wow thats a long run

 

Indeed
Here’s the other one, with a landing, and thus a more reasonable footprint. The child gate at the top is for a post-op and rehabbing dog.
As part of this project I took out the bay window at the end of our galley kitchen and put in a Marvin slider and this deck, which really opened up the kitchen and added another point of egress.

 

4&6 egg holder...

 

I love the grain popping through.

 

got a second coat drying now. It popped a lot more than i thought it would.

 

I’ve been trying to source persimmon wood for years... may I ask where you got yours?

 

Have you tried https://www.hearnehardwoods.com/ ?
Quantity may be an issue, but they can usually get whatever you like if it’s not endangered/restricted—worth a call imo.

 

I let everybody I meet who trims trees for a living, that I will buy persimmon. The two logs I got cost me 20 bucks and were delivered to my work.

 

Has anyone else used transtint dye to pop grain?
Dye it dark walnut or black, sand off, then use a light transtint color like honey maple? That is what popped out the curl on that piece.

 

What color is persimmon wood?

 

Cream white with black streaks. The black becomes more evident the older the tree grows.
Only true ebony in Northern hemisphere if I remember correctly. It is very dense and tough.

 

That is persimmon unspalted. The big log is starting to grow a bit of fungus on the sealed ends. I have been rolling it and moving it. I have never spalted wood before so I may fail miserably.

 

Nice!

 

You should take the shavings and make an epoxy blank