Well got to do some milling and glueing and clamping this morning! 
Some Canary wood for some end table for the daughter….now comes the fun part… the sanding lol

 

 

 

 

 

Nice looking panels!

Lucky you.   I've already saturated my extended family with projects to the point that requests have dwindled down to one a year or less.   Those are good looking boards.

I'll share a tip I learned when I visited an Amama colony that made furniture many years back.  Their wise and experienced top craftsman made a point to show me a dining table top he had just glued up.  The large walnut panel was made from  2" wide strips. Every other strip had been flipped over.  He explained that their furniture was guaranteed for 50 years and this was the best strategy to keep the table tops stable with no bowing or cupping or rippling no matter what conditions (humid or dry or hot or cold) it may encounter over 50 years.  

I adopted that strategy and shared it with my students for  a few hundred projects out there that may fail for other reasons but not for a bowing/cupping panel. 

4D 

49 minutes ago, 4DThinker said:

Lucky you.   I've already saturated my extended family with projects to the point that requests have dwindled down to one a year or less.   Those are good looking boards.

I'll share a tip I learned when I visited an Amama colony that made furniture many years back.  Their wise and experienced top craftsman made a point to show me a dining table top he had just glued up.  The large walnut panel was made from  2" wide strips. Every other strip had been flipped over.  He explained that their furniture was guaranteed for 50 years and this was the best strategy to keep the table tops stable with no bowing or cupping or rippling no matter what conditions (humid or dry or hot or cold) it may encounter over 50 years.  

I adopted that strategy and shared it with my students for  a few hundred projects out there that may fail for other reasons but not for a bowing/cupping panel. 

4D 

Yes wide boards are a possible problem with wide glue ups.

 

@KevTNLooks like an interesting project. Is canary wood expensive ? I do not think I have ever seen it around here.

5 hours ago, Gerald said:

Yes wide boards are a possible problem with wide glue ups.

 

@KevTNLooks like an interesting project. Is canary wood expensive ? I do not think I have ever seen it around here.

It can be pricey. I got three boards 10 Ft long one inch thick 2 of them 9.25 inch wide and another 7.25 inch wide for 298 from a mill. Whereas I got this slab on sale in Charlotte that is 6/4 for 99.00. It is 4ft by 14 1/2.

 

this is my first time working with it but everyone I talk to enjoys working with it.

 

I’ll give ya my opinion when I am done. Lol

Update on the tables. Sanding and edging done. Going to throw on some Rubio tomorrow. Cleaned em up with Naphtha. Lighting is crappy florence lighting.

Finished the tops last night and the this morning. I used Odies oil Dark for the finish. 

That is some gorgeous wood, Kevin!

12 minutes ago, lew said:

That is some gorgeous wood, Kevin!

Thank you Lew have admit I was pleasantly surprised lol

W0w! Some real beauties, there. Gonna make a couple gorgeous tables. 

Beautiful grain. Your finish really highlighted and enhanced it. You should get 2 gold stars by the missus for these Kevin.

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That looks like professional woodworking going on    

 

If I had skipped my Summer Quest across the PNW, I could have purchased the planer and TS I'm wanting 

@KevTN just curious, do you ever get some visitors walking by or neighbors come over to see what your up too, and if so, do they ask you if you can build for them?

6 hours ago, John Morris said:

@KevTN just curious, do you ever get some visitors walking by or neighbors come over to see what your up too, and if so, do they ask you if you can build for them?

Thank you for all the compliments I appreciate it. Glad to hear what other woodworkers think good or bad…

 

John: A couple have walked over but no one has asked me to build anything for them…Maybe one day…lol

6 minutes ago, KevTN said:

Thank you for all the compliments I appreciate it. Glad to hear what other woodworkers think good or bad…

 

John: A couple have walked over but no one has asked me to build anything for them…Maybe one day…lol

Shoot I thought by now you'd have a gang of customers, with all the free advertising your doing out front!

54 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Shoot I thought by now you'd have a gang of customers, with all the free advertising your doing out front!

Lol nope! 

Beautiful Kevin!

You sure showed that wood who was the boss!   I may have to seek out some canary wood now. 

Great job!

4D

10 minutes ago, 4DThinker said:

You sure showed that wood who was the boss!   I may have to seek out some canary wood now. 

Great job!

4D

I liked working with it. The sand dust from sanding was kinda clumpy almost like a ‘wet’ feel. It almost has a unique smell. I would def be using it again!

Now I'm curious how easy/hard it would be on router bits or saw blades to cut.  Wood with high mineral content that look fantastic can be abrasive to tools. 

4D