Thread: Wood working help

Time for an up date, but first, MANY thanks to those of you who have posted on this thread it has been VERY helpful :-) this project is brought to you by the contributions of SRP and lumberjocks.com, and viewers like you.

Well, about a month ago I took the plunge and cut the wood :-) and i'm happy to say i've got some pictures to show for it :-) I have run into a dilemma. Sanded from 60-120-150-220-320-400-600 and then started finishing (see last pictures) with pure tung oil. i put on the first with 50/50 tung/mineral spirits, let it dry ~24hrs rubbed with 0000 and then put on coat 2 rubbed in with 600grit wet/dry sandpaper. It's currently still drying but as i was applying it i realized that i REALLY liked the depth of the gloss from the wet oil and it made me want to end up with a glossy finish (atleast for the outside) with lots of depth. Something that looks like you can reach down into. Now, can i still make that happen w/o taking it back to bare wood (it's not for me and SWMBO will love it no matter what) because if it's too much trouble i'll accept the more matte finish with the deep color. Anyway, any advice will be accepted. now for the pictures, please forgive the poor quiality most were taken with an iphone or at 3 in the morning :-)

Pic 1 - the boards laid out with the tails and pins cut, ends are color coded with rubber bands :P shoe added for scale :P (size 11.5)

pic 2 - this is actually my last practice before i got the gumption to cut into the project wood

pic 3 - piecing it together before glue

pic 4 - sides glued up, top glued on (had to dowel joint two boards together to get a big enough piece)

pic 5 - everything trimmed up rounded off with a handheld router

pics 6/7 - tails

pic 8 - had my boss run the box through his table saw to cut off the top but it didn't track right so it left a high spot in the middle

pic 9 - wiped down with mineral spirits

pic 10 - top after 2nd coat of Tung.


more pics coming in a few mins hahaha