Project by john2005 | posted 04-30-2016 05:32 PM | 1926 views | 1 time favorited | 10 comments | ![]() |
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This is a piece that was built for a friend. They had wanted to replace their old damaged top with something more attractive. She wanted 2” thick walnut and in wide boards. Luckily I had found a bunch of boards at an auction 8-10 months ago. All 8/4 boards 9-11” wide. That worked great. I did cut out some knots and checks in the ends to maintain stability in the boards. The cutting board and trim was from some shorts I picked up at the yard on sale. The finish is Waterlox. I fought that a lot. I found if I applied it heavy like they want, I got beautiful results, but tons of micro-bubbles. So after a lot of calls to their tech dept and trying every applicator under the sun, I ended up wiping it on in thin coats, occasionally wet-sanding with 1000 to 1500 in between to remove lint. That seemed to work well. Was a major learning curve there. I loved the look and the durability of the waterlox, but not the application. I would probably still use it again believe it or not.
Before pics
Glue up
Original boards
Test fit
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10 comments so far
AnthonyReed
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#1 posted 04-30-2016 06:03 PM
Beautiful work John.
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john2005
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#2 posted 04-30-2016 06:10 PM
Thank you sir!
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#3 posted 04-30-2016 08:19 PM
Very nice work John, love the walnut.
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#4 posted 04-30-2016 08:26 PM
This piece is so nicely done and well presented.
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Brit
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#5 posted 04-30-2016 08:54 PM
You made one hell of a job of that John. Congrats.
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#6 posted 04-30-2016 09:14 PM
Just beautiful
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#7 posted 04-30-2016 11:07 PM
Very nice love walnut…
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john2005
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#8 posted 05-01-2016 02:52 AM
Thanks all!
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#9 posted 05-01-2016 09:13 AM
Very nice of you to show us whole process. Realy colour match.
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#10 posted 05-01-2016 02:24 PM
looks great
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