This was my second attempt. Made from a maple I cut about 3 yrs. ago. !/3 Tung oil, 1/3 BLO, 1/3 varnish. The last coat replaced the varnish in the mixture with bees wax. Took a lot of elbow grease to rub out that wax!
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Was riding in this evening and heard Sam Maloof on NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103340463 I didn't know is home was a tourist attraction. I thought it was neat, hope you do too.
Kurt
13 videos with Sam via The Woodworking Channel
http://www2.multicastmedia.com/CustomPages/WoodworkingChannel/TheWoodworkingChannelRelaunch.htm
Also - A cool book...
From 6pm to 11pm tonight there will be an 8 part series taped live on stage with Sam Maloof at:
www.thewoodworkingchannel.com/
I've seen the first few of these sessions and they're very good. He tells his story and fabricates some of the components of a chair. Hope I'm still making sawdust...