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Mission Style, made from Oregon Madrone

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Very, very nice. Two or three more projects like this and you should have accumulated quite a few points.

I bought a pickup load at .80 a bft. But, the wood varies so much in grain and color. Some of it is straight grain, some swirly, some of it is quilted. Because it is rought sawn, it is hard to tell what you have, until you start working it. It rips and crosscuts fine. On some of the quilted stuff, some tearout on planing. But, hard on drill bits.

Hey there, Pat! Super nifty nesting tables! Very nice work! My wife also likes the blue color of the overstuffed chair.

I like the wood and the design. Nice execution as well! Scratch or Plans?

Great looking tables, very nicely done

shydragon wrote:Mission Style, made from Oregon Madrone

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You attached them quite well!

Oh!, the tables are quite nicely done also!:D

shydragon wrote: But, the wood varies so much in grain and color. Some of it is straight grain, some swirly, some of it is quilted. Because it is rought sawn, it is hard to tell what you have, until you start working it. It rips and crosscuts fine. On some of the quilted stuff, some tearout on planing. But, hard on drill bits.

I haven't had that much trouble with drilling it but otherwise agree. I love the stuff for its subtle colours and fine texture. I have about 100 fbm of it that came from a big tree by my shop. I dried it in my kiln and have made some nice tables and boxes from it. Here in B.C. we call it Arbutus but it's as far as I can tell the same tree.

Paul M

Roughly, I have just over 100 bft left. I keep thinking I should just skip plane it to see what it looks likes. It's 1-1/2" thick. When doing edge glue ups, I end up with such varying grain, I don't think it looks right.