Spalted Maple Stand

I finished this shelf back in June with the leftovers from the board that I used for the BiL's valet. I've been trying to put finish on it since then but have been messing up the order and the mix of things. It's finally done now though, after numerous sandings.

It wasn't noticeable before hand, but once I got some finish on it some curl started showing up. It's currently sat near the back door, catching letters, keys and other stuff that I bring to and from the car.

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Spalted Maple Valet Glue-up

I found this 5/4 8" board at Farnsworth Lumber a couple months back. They threw it in the solar kiln for me and got it pretty dry so I started using it to make this valet last week. It's a continuous grain box with a drawer below (still working on that). The top is separated so there's a place for a phone. Spalted Maple Valet I was pretty happy with it when I was dry fitting it, but after glue up some slight gaps in the dovetails appeared and it went out of square by about 1/32". Not a huge deal but just annoying. Any sage advice for preventing these sort of problems? The dovetails were super tight before glue. Spalted Maple Valet Spalted Maple Valet

Finished Cherry End Tables

I put the last coat of finish on these late last week, got the tops attached and installed the knobs over the weekend. All done!

Notching and Tapering Cherry End Table Legs

I notched the legs, and then decided they needed a taper so went back and did that as well. I'm going to have to do a bit of sawdust clean up as there are some gaps here and there, but not bad for my first attempt at this.

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