Can't say I'm half way through but at least I'm started on her stained glass Nativity Scenes.

 A little brighter color with clear lacquer.

  Each stand has a different width groove  plus gluing in a plug on each end so the pine, yuck, don't close up as the seasons and humidity changes. Time it takes to do 130 or so boards is about 15 minutes total time for all pieces....so Howdy Duty  will have to wait..

Please tell your wife those are absolutely beautiful Nativity pieces. Just beautiful!!

Oh, and they really enhance the work you're doing too.

Kudos to both of you and thanks for sharing her & your work Patch.

That’s really a bunch of wisemen

Those are some really great pieces Jess.  Hope you continue to post up pics so that we can see the whole scene.

Glad the Mrs. is up and going after the surgery.

Maybe she should sell these nation wide. Some good looking work

I am wowed!  Very nice work from both of you.

 Beautiful work. Are you making bases for several sets or is there 130 pieces to this display?

Bob she makes 7 and 10 piece sets. When she is feeling good she works all day in her shop. I did have part of my shop for her glass workings but then we bought a 53 foot refer trailer since it has more insulation than a regular trailer and put refrigerated air and a little heat and a good exhaust for the solder fumes and she is a happy camper....

  She has a tread mill in there also so she stays lean and mean.

Someone requested an ole dark brown for the stands and I thought hey this is for Christmas so I am giving them something to liven up the place...be happy!!!!

   You can see the difference after I rubbed some out. I like my things smooth to the touch. I like to see the people eyes open a little wider when they feel the smooth... 

 

I have read where guys are finding steel wool pieces trapped between coats....It sounds to me they are not even trying to clean the surface before the next coat .. I use a blo gun and a wide soft brush plus my bare hands to make sure nothing is laying on the surface before I spray the next coat of finish... I would think careless work for sure on someones part. And then they add the things are rusted, what, are they using water with the steel wool???? Hard to figure somes comments...... 

 Man, she put in a ton of work on those & the bases look great as well. Good choice of color.