latest mirrors
john lucas
I'm trying to get some things done to take to the AAW symposium. These two mirrors will be going. The first is a Red Mallee Burl that I picked up in the "scrap bin" for a much reduced cost at one of the vendors in the GAW symposium. I've had them for over a year but finally took the time to make a mirror from one. Fantastic stuff. Hard to cut really clean. I did the final cuts on both sides with the Hunter Osprey and only had 2 small tearouts to patch. I was able to turn the handle with a very sharp skew. Still had some small tearout. There was also a lot of small what look like checks but it's through out, not just in the ends. I was able to fix those sanding wet with thin CA. Finish is Minwax satin wipe on poly and then buffed with the Beal system.
The second one is a piece I call Curses, Foiled Again. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to Mike Gibson for helping me design the foil blade. You can't see good enough photos of the blades on the net. This is the tightest curly maple I've ever gotten hold of. I don't know what the red woods are, I've had them in my stash too long.
