Thanks to Phil's efforts to reduce waste in the landfill I scored 5 solid mahogany 6 panel doors. After cutting them up and planing them I ended up with a pile of lumber.
My daughter's moving into an apt. with a large kitchen space but little counter space so I designed a table. I made a 2'x4' end grain mahogany top finished with Waterlox (last coat drying as I type) - she does not plan on cutting directly on it. I re-sawed some birds eye maple for veneer for the drawer fronts, vacuum bagged onto mahogany and used a round over bit for the profile. As my daughter didn't want the maple colored at all and to minimize yellowing I put a diluted coat of super blond shellac on them in an attempt to pop the figure - not sure it did much though it still looks good. Put a coat of shellac on the mahogany slats and towel bar fixtures and sprayed everything with Target Coatings 6000 water base gloss "lacquer" and a last coat of satin. What a pain doing 56 slats. Very happy with the finish.
My daughter's moving into an apt. with a large kitchen space but little counter space so I designed a table. I made a 2'x4' end grain mahogany top finished with Waterlox (last coat drying as I type) - she does not plan on cutting directly on it. I re-sawed some birds eye maple for veneer for the drawer fronts, vacuum bagged onto mahogany and used a round over bit for the profile. As my daughter didn't want the maple colored at all and to minimize yellowing I put a diluted coat of super blond shellac on them in an attempt to pop the figure - not sure it did much though it still looks good. Put a coat of shellac on the mahogany slats and towel bar fixtures and sprayed everything with Target Coatings 6000 water base gloss "lacquer" and a last coat of satin. What a pain doing 56 slats. Very happy with the finish.