Yipppee! .. I started working on the joinery! (No more milling) Here’s a few shots of the progress.
Pretty end grain on the shooting board .. and shavings for those who like shavings.
Laying out the side feet curves.
Shaping after band sawing.
Final shape.
Sawn notches for the chest walls.
Chiseling out the chest bottom dado
Finishing up with the router.
Final dado.
Its finally starting to look like a chest.
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Dang … that turned out to be one beautiful piece of lumber!
That is some of the craziest (in a good way) grain I’ve ever seen. Hope it goes well!!
Yes! The twist and turns in this Sapele it going to make for a beautiful chest I hope. Since its going to sit on the covered porch outside, I’m thinking marine varnish which should really make the wood look nice.
The figure is also why I had some much trouble with tear out. 🙂
Dang I should have charged more for that wood 😉
It shore is purdy wood!!!