It's been a good couple of days.....

Started yesterday with a bunch of boards... and finished up like this.... Here's the woods.... Top left to bottom right...

Top Row: Bubinga & Wenge / Figured Birch & Bloodwood
2nd Row: Walnut / Northern Cherry & Southern Cherry / Figured Birch & Bloodwood
3rd Row: Butternut & Walnut / Walnut & Zebrawood / Figured Birch & Leopardwood
4th Row: Walnut / Butternut & Walnut / Figured Birch & Sapele / Male & Cherry

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Today, the task at hand was diamonds out of 1/4" stock.... which started out as 4/4 stock.... so, needless to say, a lot of milling....

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Got the first row glued up on seven of 'em... only six in this picture.... but, I got individual pics following...

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The lid panels below will all go in to a box with the corresponding wood (at least two species) above.... I did keep up with which scrap was milled down from which box to try to keep it all consistent. The third species to creat the effect, well... that was mostly scrap that I had and boy, what a great way to use it!!!

I should have listened to my girlfriend a long, long time ago (on so many levels)..... this was her idea and there in, lies the confidence.

First up....

Cherry, Maple & Walnut - goes with the large Maple & Cherry box above in row 4....

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Next up..... Figured Birch, Bloodwood & Pink Ivory..... going with the Figured Birch & Bloodwood box in row 2 above. The other Figured Birch & Bloodwood box in row 1 is going to be a keepsake box and will get a totally different treatment.

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Next up.... Butternut, Walnut & Macassar Ebony.... going with the Butternut & Walnut box in row 3 above.

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Next.... Bubinga, Wenge & Cocobolo.... going with the Bubinga & Wenge box in row 1.

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Next up.... Sapele, Figured Birch & Honduran Rosewood.... going with the Figured Birch & Sapele box in row 3.

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Next up... Walnut, Zebrawood & Macassar Ebony.... going with the Walnut & Zebrawood box in row 3.

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And the last one that I got glued up today..... Figured Birch, Leopardwood & Koa (lovin' my scraps).... going with the Figured Birch & Leopardwood box in row 4.

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That's all I got glued up today..... tomorrow I will get these two started..... Northern Cherry, Southern Cherry & Brazilian Cherry on the left..... Butternut, Walnut & Zebrawood on the right....

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Note: the two solid walnut boxes above... are getting different lids altogether...

Stay tuned.... and thanks for looking......

I think I'll go play some tetris now.....
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All I have to say is DAMN!!!!!!
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Very cool Ed!!
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Another fun project to watch. Awesome
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that is awesome man!
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Very,very cool. One of these days when the four kids are out on their own, I am gonna be giving you a call!
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Wow... Looks Amazing... Love the pictures :-)
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I love the look and the effort you put into those. But you know the only thing that goes through my head when I see that pattern?




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Wow:-)
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Round two.... not going to say too much.... my eyes are buggy too! Each lid gets 45 each of the 3 species.... for a total of 135 each... plus a few extras, just in case.... I'm doing 9 of them... so, I spend a great deal of the day... at the table saw....talking to my girl, thinking of about a zillion other things.... than cutting more than 1,215 of these #&%! diamonds..... lol

Managed to get 4 of them glued up and trimmed.... we'll se how tomorrow goes....

I missed a pic of one or three... but, I'll get it up here tomorrow.

Here's what the end of the day looked like today... phew!!!

Figured Birch, Bloodwood & Pink Ivory

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Bubinga, Wenge & Cocobolo

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Butternut, Walnut & Macassar Ebony

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Figured Birch, Leopardwood & Koa

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Butternut, Walnut & FIgured Birch

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North & South - Northern Cherry, Southern Cherry & Brazilian Cherr7

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Walnut, Zebrawood & Macassar Ebony

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Oh my god! Those look amazing! Keep up the good work Ed!
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Must resist.....
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Good grief Ed! Simply gorgeous.
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Coming along nicely.... I made 9 of these, of which 7 will be available for sale.... Rounded turn 3 and hauling a$$ down the back stretch.... should have some good pics in the next couple of days....

Here's the Walnut, Zebrawood & Macassar Ebony humidor as she sits right now.

Still need to do some inlay along the bottom and cove the lid.... But, she's starting to take form....

Thanks for looking....

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Absolute eye candy!
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Gorgeous! These are going to look amazing!!!!!!
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Amazing work...good job!
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