Karl Laustrup
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- Wisconsin Dells, WI
Well, here they are after two years in the making. I know what you're thinking: "Wow, he's really slow. Did he use a small dull knife to make these?"
Yes, I'm slow. I'm old and I've taken to measuring two if not three times before making a cut. Made too many cuts trying to make a board longer, so I am getting smarter in my senility.
I made these for myself and my brother. I'm going to keep the cherry and I'll send my brother the Paduak case. The cherry came from my property. I had a sawyer come in and SWMBO & I stacked and stickered it to dry over about a year & a half, so it has special meaning for me. And I think it's pretty wood with some nice figure.
I still need to get them to the glass company. They will cut some no glare glass and I'll ship my brothers' to Tigard, OR.
They have 3 coats of hand rubbed tung oil and 4 coats of hand rubbed paste wax. I may give them another rubdown with paste wax after I get them back from the glazier.
Paduak
Cherry
Now it's on to my next project.
Yes, I'm slow. I'm old and I've taken to measuring two if not three times before making a cut. Made too many cuts trying to make a board longer, so I am getting smarter in my senility.
I made these for myself and my brother. I'm going to keep the cherry and I'll send my brother the Paduak case. The cherry came from my property. I had a sawyer come in and SWMBO & I stacked and stickered it to dry over about a year & a half, so it has special meaning for me. And I think it's pretty wood with some nice figure.
I still need to get them to the glass company. They will cut some no glare glass and I'll ship my brothers' to Tigard, OR.
They have 3 coats of hand rubbed tung oil and 4 coats of hand rubbed paste wax. I may give them another rubdown with paste wax after I get them back from the glazier.
Paduak
Cherry
Now it's on to my next project.