A few months ago, Pottz told me a good lumber yard (Thank you!) so I went there and found a cutoff piece of Sycamore. It wasn't what I was looking for but my wife wanted it so we got it and I made a shoe bench out of it.
It's a quarter sawn but one side had a crack so I filled it with epoxy and put bowties.
As there any many joints(to me, it's many) to cut and I was kind of busy in the past months, this project took a long time and I finally finished it. I didn't do anything special on this project but I really carefully made it so all the pieces align well.
There are miner mistakes here and there but luckily, it's under the top board:)
RyanGi - Thank you! Splinter - Thank you! I saw your beautiful projects but I haven't finish reading them yet! Tom - Thank you! BB1 - I thought Sycamore was hard but it wasn't and it is very easy to work with but when I shaved it, it smelt like horse stable, haha Ron, Yes, Sycamore is very nice! It's my new favorite and it goes well with my another favorite, cherry:) Mos, Thank you! I bought a decent video light setup for the finished product but I don't know, everything is reddish, haha. Corelz, Thank you!
your hand tool work is always very impressive my friend. im glad you like hudson and west, its a dangerous place for a woodworker to enter. too much candy and ive got a sweet tooth 😁 we need to meet up there some day.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Thank you Pottz. Yes, it's a nice place. I also got some other small pieces from there and trying to find what I can make. The place isn't far from where I live so yeah, definitely:)
That is one handsome piece of wood working, pretty much the same as anything you make, Yrti! Hey, Pottz, I thought you worked at H&W? I don't see sycamore out here in the hinterlands. Yrti, if you live near there, maybe Pottz and you and I can meet. I'm about 50 miles away from that store. I'd like to get some sycamore; I got a little piece from Phil32 that I used to make part of the top for that Kleenex box. I love that grain figure as much as QSWO.
Thank you Dark_Lightning! They had plenty of nice QS sycamore and I also wanted to get cypress if they have 6/4+. Yeah, why not! I'm happy to see real woodworking people. I'm down for it.
DL im only about 4 miles from that store so it would be great if we could all meet there some day ? i work at crenshaw lumber in gardena. H&W is just the candy store i love.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
