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#11
07-09-2008, 01:14 AM
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WOW..................
 Just think how many pens you could make out of that  .......... just kidding!   an absolutely stunning piece, to see that in person, would be a treat! 
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#12
07-09-2008, 01:29 AM
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Man, that's a beautiful piece of wood!
Conference table, huh? I sure wouldn't want to be the first one to spill a cup of coffee on it!
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#13
07-09-2008, 01:34 AM
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Say 4,970 to allow for breakage.  Sam (and Alex), I'm out of superlatives. Stunning and amazing don't quite cut it, but they'll have to do.
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#14
07-09-2008, 01:56 AM
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Quilted Mahogany Top
Yeah Sam, just come waltzing back in here, after no word for so long, AND THEN, you bring something like this to show off???
What the, Well, all I can say is,,, Fantabulous (I think it's a real word). Welcome back Sir. I'm envious too. Aloha, Tony
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#15
07-09-2008, 03:10 AM
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first let me say what an absolute top shelf job sam has done putting on this finish , really you can't begin to see it from pictures.
i'm not going to tell the story of the tree again here-you can go back three pages to the thread -quilted mahogany table-i think it's post 25 the story is told there of how this tree ,found in 1965 and how it was brought out of the jungle after nearly 20 years (maybe a moderator could move that post ((#25)) to this thread) also you can read the story in fine woodworking 1985 sept.-oct. edition # 54 when sam said we didn't like the way the first coat that was linseed oil darkened the wood-well i cried then went and got drunk (not really-i didn't cry) -here is a picture of an old shellac finish i put on about ten years ago (this is the third finish to be put on this top) and a picture of the linseed oil-both taken on the same place on the table-   i put those keys in that crack about five years back-they are cut from rosewood burl- any way you can see how much it darkened it -alls well that ends well- one side note - i told before how breed love has some of this wood and showed a guitar they made from it-the guitar belonged to singer songwriter jay howlett-jay e-mailed me a month are so back and told me he had let breed love use his guitar for display in there showroom well mark knoffer came in and picked up the guitar and said this is the guitar i want well they told him it belonged to someone and he says "i have to have this guitar-i'll never touch another guitar this is the one i'll play from now on -i don't know what they had to give jay (he said they made it worth his while) but now that guitar belongs to mark knoffer.   rounding off the sharp corners alex
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#16
07-09-2008, 09:16 PM
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Here's some more post lacquer/pre varnish shots, with the base added for some fitting. I'll let the pics speak for themselves:
     
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07-09-2008, 10:38 PM
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Thanks
Goes out to you both for sharun this with us
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