re: Lost a Weekend 😣

Well look at it this way, The planer is now fixed, so going forward you have that in your arsenal. I think an indispensable piece.

Hopefull the one scratch is all the bad luck and bleeding you will do.

You ended up with a fabulous looking board. The whorl, and burlie looking area around the knot makes it worth keeping. 

I think it's gonna be a great looking shadowbox.

I looked at Dad's and like the box, just wish I had used some better looking wood, it's just plain Walnut, not a lot of character. I had some of the same Walnut I kept, and when he died made his flag case from it, it came off one of our old farms, so I doubt I'll ever change it out.