Dog Paw Finish

[Hawk]

Finally finished the dog paw. This is a stained glass pattern I tried to make into an intarsia project.  A few things I noticed that can be improved upon.

Grain direction,  totally messed that up, but with this being my 2nd attempt at intarsia and using a non intarsia pattern I didn't even consider grain direction (oops).

When it came to glue up I was edge gluing one piece at a time,  huge mistake.  Thanks to the folks here that directed me to JGR's blog on glue up, I cut apart what I had glued and followed her way. Much better.

Still figuring out finish.  The Walnut and purple purpleheart I put a coat of tung oil on first as that seemed to bring out the beauty and color of the wood. The odage orange got really dark with the tung oil so I left that and the bloodwood heart alone 

After the poly was applied I was surprised to see the osage orange get so dark. Need to do more samples with different finishes.

Anyhow, learned a ton and looking forward to the next project,  now what to pick  

[meflick]

Nice work Chris.

[barb.j.enders]

Well done Chris.  If you hadn't pointed out the grain issue, I wouldn't have noticed.  I am sure the regular public won't notice either!

[rjweb]

Excellent job,  RJ

[wombatie]

Excellent job.  Looking forward to your next project.

Marg