July 26, 201114 yr Flame birch with tulip rat tail hinges. A mix of heart and sap. Turned out nice. bob  Bob Kloeswww.bobkloes.com
July 26, 201114 yr Beautiful!! I'll bet your heart jumped when you applied the finish and that grain popped!! Lew
July 26, 201114 yr Great work Bob.Love the way this thing pops. Wayne MahlerGod bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.
July 26, 201114 yr Author Thanks guys for the comments. I have wanted to do a bigger piece in flame birch for a while. Would love to someday do a nice stepback cupboard. Those are always my favorites.Just need to find a customer for one. bob Bob Kloeswww.bobkloes.com
July 26, 201114 yr AWESOME!!!! Man does that jump out. Great job. I may have ask before and sometimes I don't remember much, but is it a rub finish or do you spray it?  John MoodyJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
July 26, 201114 yr Gawd...that is some beautiful figure in that wood! Nice craftsmanship too! What the red chair for??? When the shop gets too HOT, the cooling off chair....... Â -Ace-
July 26, 201114 yr Author John, it is a dye that is flooded on, then wiped. The oil coat is brushed and wiped. The sealer and top coats are sprayed. Birch is more porous then hard maple. It took a coat of sealer and 3 coats of lacquer. But it is not a heavy coating at all.  Thanks Ace. The figure in flame birch is pretty. I think it is nicer then curly cherry. Plus it smells so good while you work it. Very sweet smelling. The chair is where I sit when I mess up. Or when I need to step away for a bit. I go look at the sky...bob Bob Kloeswww.bobkloes.com
July 27, 201114 yr Absolutely beautiful Bob. I think the red chair is a time out chair for when you use nasty words as part of the creative procvess. Â Â I just keep hammering away.
July 29, 201114 yr Bob, as usual, just really nice and classy, A-1 all the way. Is this special order. On that note, do you ever build to sell as inventory? Or are you building on orders only? Thanks for sharing again Bob, I love your style and work, always have, your work is something to aspire to sir. Â John MorrisThe Patriot Woodworker
July 30, 201114 yr Author Hi John. This is going to the art show tomorrow. Its not sold, doubt it will sell at the show, but it helps show my work. I'll list it for sale on my site if it doesn't sell. Has not been a good year at the shows this summer. No artists are doing well. And I am not a "sir".....bob ps, Richard, you are correct! Bob Kloeswww.bobkloes.com
July 30, 201114 yr Your right Bob your not a sir! You work for a living! That;s an old military joke, sometimes us young recruits would call our Drill Sergeants sir, and they'd get all fired up, they'd tell us "I am not a sir, I work for a living! Now get down and give me 50!" Sir was reserved for the officers, and the general consensus amongst the enlisted was the officers had a pretty cushy life, thus the ongoing joke.Sorry if I offended you Bob, I still have a lot of military bearing left in me from when I was in the Army, it is just customary and habitual of me to call men sir out of respect. I do it even at work to this day. I'll not call you sir anymore. Howabout "Sir Bob"!Bob Kloes said:Hi John. This is going to the art show tomorrow. Its not sold, doubt it will sell at the show, but it helps show my work. I'll list it for sale on my site if it doesn't sell. Has not been a good year at the shows this summer. No artists are doing well. And I am not a "sir".....bob ps, Richard, you are correct! Bob Kloeswww.bobkloes.com
July 31, 201114 yr Author No biggie to me John. My dad was a sir, or a Mr. Just was never my style. bob Bob Kloeswww.bobkloes.com
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