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Since I'm not the best at finishing, I go the easy route although it takes the longest. I sand everything to 220. Then, a coat of BLO on everything, then two coats of off the shelf wiping varnish. Then, I sand everything down with a 400 sanding block. Then two or three more coats of the varnish and I 0000 steel wool wax all the surfaces you can touch. If this were a paying job, I would never make any money because each varnish coat dries overnight. But, I'm a hack hobbyist at this point.
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It's very nice, even more so for a "hack hobbyist". Well done.
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Very nice.
I need to do something like that. Years ago I built a cabinet that houses a 42" plasma. At the time it was about as big a TV as you could get. Now it looks puny.
Good design and well executed.
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That is a great design! The inlay really makes the top "pop".
I use a similar finish schedule and your right, it would not pay well.
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That was definitely worth the wait. Beautiful!!
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Glad you got your pictures working; worth checking back and viewing.
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Very nice work ... if I were going to change anything, I think I would add more of the Mission-style square spindles ... just a matter of preference ... not criticizing your project at all.
