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Post #444106 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 10:52 AM

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Yesterday's sunset:

Yesterday was sit around and watch crap dry day. After a couple more coats of oil, the knife was drying:

And, the table set dried away the day too

That last coat of spar really enhanced the look of these considerably.

Today's coat should be the icing on the cake

I wanted to work on something yesterday, but not on clay, and not on something large either. I grabbed one of my new pieces of ficus and milled down a little plank. I drew up a design and took to it.

Here it is drawn out. The plank is 15.5" long, 2.25" wide, and .5 inches thick:

I don't have one of them fancy outline saws, so I do the rough cutting with a hookknife

Here it is later on with a phone and the knife for scale

After some body work

Here's where I left it last night:

To work I go...
Buzzy Out!