Loaded up on supplies

[Dave Monk]

Last week I drove to Fort Worth to my wood supplier and stocked up on plywood and hardwood. I am really excited on what I found. They had 1/4" mdf core red oak and maple. It has veneer on both sides. Of coarse one side is a  bit better than the other. It is a full 1/4" thick. The maple was $25 and the oak was $21 a sheet. I was so anxious to try it.... I stacked four pieces and cut Steve Goods pattern of a picture easel.  Really cut nice and clean, other than the dust I really like it. Had to be careful sanding because the veneer is really thin. I tried a test with a spiral blade and was amaze how little it tore out on the back side. 

[kywoodmaster]

Dave make sure you wear a mask. The MDF dust is killer on the lungs. The easels look great.

[Lucky2]

Dave, that wood sounds interesting, what size of sheets does it come in? The sample cuts you posted look great, how well does it take a finish?

Len

[Ron Johnson]

Fantastic Dave and very nicely finished. One suggestion when sanding veneer try a card scraper. I use card scrapers for almost everything I can. Gets me closer to my work allowing me to acquire the finish I like, I'm not breathing in dangerous dust funds and saves $$ on sandpaper. I know the feeling when finding a certain wood. I recently purchased 7 board feet and 3/4" thick of Holly which was a hard find. Didn't like the price of $145.00 but it'll go a long way which will be used mostly for stringing. Again terrific work Dave.

[WayneMahler]

Nice grab on the sheets. But please protect yourself, mdf dust is really nasty to the body. Nice work too.

[Phantom Scroller]

Nice cuts looks great. :cool: Roly

[Dave Monk]

Dan, What do you mean by stringing? Are you making pendents out of it? dave

[amazingkevin]

Dan, What do you mean by stringing? Are you making pendents out of it? dave

He possibly might be talking about string inlay which has my attention!

[amazingkevin]

Last week I drove to Fort Worth to my wood supplier and stocked up on plywood and hardwood. I am really excited on what I found. They had 1/4" mdf core red oak and maple. It has veneer on both sides. Of coarse one side is a  bit better than the other. It is a full 1/4" thick. The maple was $25 and the oak was $21 a sheet. I was so anxious to try it.... I stacked four pieces and cut Steve Goods pattern of a picture easel.  Really cut nice and clean, other than the dust I really like it. Had to be careful sanding because the veneer is really thin. I tried a test with a spiral blade and was amaze how little it tore out on the back side. 

don't you love it! I love mdf but when i found out about the dust that was the end of my mdf days.You did real good on these projects !

[Fish]

Great work. I really like the picture easel.

[Ron Johnson]

Dan, What do you mean by stringing? Are you making pendents out of it? dave

Go to utube Dave and search inlay stringing in regards to stringing with different hardwoods. It's not hard to learn. You'll enjoy it and it'll kick your project from nice to a WOW!

[Dave Monk]

Thanks Dan! dave