Stretching some Sassafras

[nuhobby]

Here is a 10 year saga, free for your enjoyment! Ten years ago my first project with my Shopsmith 510 was this custom desk/table:

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I've used it steadily but it got very cluttered lately:

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I decided to make use of some nice smelling Sassafras. My sinuses felt better after this resaw on the SS Bandsaw:

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Then some book-matching was in order:

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More bandsawing and truing/planing produced this little assembly:

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Now I have a cleaner desk again :

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[garys]

That is beautiful wood. I have never seen any sassafras around here so I've had no opportunities to work with it.
Nice work!