Horses for the wall

[Rodney]

I finished another project today. Again this is from one of Steve's patterns (Thanks Steve) and feel it turned out pretty darn good if I say so myself. My niece, who is the horse guru of the family, has already claimed them. Anyway, the fun for me is the cutting and finishing, then seeing the joy in someone's eyes when you give the project to them!

By the way, the "fuzz" in the middle picture is actually reflection from the flash.

[Intarsia92]

They turned out awesome. They'll look very Nice on her wall.

[spirithorse]

Well done!
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[Coffeepot]

Very nice!  Glad you posted. 

I did the same awhile back, but the the finish was just awful, so they sit in the pile of completed projects not quite good enough for sale/gifts but too good to pitch out yet.

The blue is a very nice background.

[KarlB]

More great projects Roy.  Now there's something more along the lines I like to cut!

Karl

[Norm Fengstad]

nice

[Rodney]

Thanks all. The fit and finish for this project is probably one of my best next to a "Welcome" sign I did for a gift. This one was a lot simpler to complete even though each had three layers whereas the "Welcome" sign was only a single layer. I have found the finishing can easily make or break a good project. I just finished an eagle project that I thought was ruined when I finished staining. I was using a very dark stain and filling all the fret cuts caused the face of the project to look very blotchy. I had to let it dry completely and then gave it a good sanding to remove the botched up face from the gummy stain. This created a fine sawdust gummy stain that was all over the project. Not giving up I spent more time cleaning than what it took to cut it out. The end result turned out pretty decent. I had it sold but the wife already put claim on it. That's okay, I've got the wood to make another... and now I know how to prevent gumming up the face when I stain the frets.

[Marcellarius]

Great job.
Love the blue backer.