What did you do in your shop today?

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It's definitely not redwood - I actually had some curly redwood veneer out as my second choice. I compared it to a small piece of wood in my shop that is known with 100% certainty to be waterfall bubinga and it's a match. Doing a Google image search earlier showed that waterfall bubinga has more faces than I thought! (This piece is also quartersawn, which can also affect how the figure appears.)
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Matt that is beautiful figured veneer. I am leaning towards “razor mottled African Makore”. Those that don’t become veneers end up as musical instrument material like on steel string back and side sets or bass. Funny enough, Movingue shares similar type of figuring except they are not the same color- one is yellow in color and the other is reddish brown.

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Arn213 said:
Matt that is beautiful figured veneer. I am leaning towards “razor mottled African Makore”. Those that don’t become veneers end up as musical instrument material like on steel string back and side sets or bass. Funny enough, Movingue shares similar type of figuring except they are not the same color- one is yellow in color and the other is reddish brown.

Not mine.....

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I'm still putting my money on Bubinga. Color and grain matches (first pic above is close, second is off) and it is a direct match to a known piece of Bubinga I have. Even if, by some chance, it's not Bubinga, it's still one superb piece of veneer. And unfortunately I think that's the only piece of that veneer I have...
 
Got the chance to do some more work on the small cabinet I started putting together yesterday.

Put together. In the spirit of keeping this a quick build - the last coat of finish needs to be on by Tuesday night as that's when the heat is getting turned off in the garage - I used screws. Plugged with some walnut dowel.

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Top, interior shelves, and back panel all got their first coat of finish.

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Back side of the door also got its first coat of finish.

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And tonight my ROS bit the dust. Wasn't sounding right while running - had the squeal of a bearing going out. Well, it went out right as I was about to finish up sanding. Tore it down to check on what bearings it takes. Going to look into sourcing new bearings for it. Was easy enough to disassemble, should go back together just as easily. Wife told me to go ahead and buy a new sander, which I've been wanting something that transmits less vibrations to the user, but it's just not in the budget right now.

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Cabinet is pretty much done. Just need to install hinges and turn a door knob from some ebony. Has a few adjustable shelves. Some ventilation holes in top, since this will house a few electronic items, and a large hole for wires and cables to pass through.

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Door just set in place for pic to get an idea of what it'll look like all put together.

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Think your burgers is done Lou!

Moonlighted at Hardees when you were a rookie beat cop didn't you?
 
What the heck not, I’ll jump in too and not have you guys have all the fun.....:scare3::scare3::scare3:


...........anybody else want to keep the train moving?
 
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Finished up this slingshot, the 'Boomerang'. Spotted gum frame ( the Aussie equivalent of hickory ) with a red gum burl filled with a bit of blue pearlex epoxy. A maple spacer and matching fork tips finish it off.


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Spent another day at the fair doing some turning demos and people were a little looser with their wallets :biggrin: One more day tomorrow :ez: this :old: is whooped! It has been hell on my back but can’t pass up the opportunity for some extra $$
 
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