Re: Howard's 47 Custom project

Posted by HH56 On 2013/8/3 15:26:24

Started playing around with the dash some yesterday. Got the lower burl pattern fairly decent. It was all mostly short stretches so the small extra 3x3 roller I bought was just right. I think that section will turn out fine. Glove box lid and instrument section were larger surfaces but the combination of rollers worked well on those.

Worked on the straight grain today and not having near as good a result. It's has a long flat stretch across the top so would be nice to be able to use the large 4 x nominal 6" roller. Looks like that won't be easy because there are several what look to be casting flaws and lines in the roller right in the working area. Can only use maybe half the roller before running into one of them. Are the other large rollers like this one or did I win the prize.

I finally gave up and wiped all the straight grain off. Will let the burl dry a day or so and come at it fresh.

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