Thanks to all of you who have viewed and to those of you who have taken the time to comment. Great thought on the dedication. Maybe I'll just call it the "Ray". Eagle - I never know which of your questions to respond to, but I can tell you that you can get it in any color as long as it's black and white. [
] Thanks for the kind words R.T., Tip, Frank Billy, Michael, Shane and Pastor Bill...that's always sweet music to my ears! [8D] Gary - only when I'm working! Jim, as Tom mentioned, the woods are African blackwood and American holly. Larry, my finishing is very simple. I first applied thin CA to the holly to reduce the probability or the blackwood oils and dust migrating to the holly. I worked the heck out of my skew (I don't normally) and was able to start a very light sanding at Micro-Mesh 1500. Two very light coats of sealer (I just cut my lacquer 50-50). After drying overnight, I light sanded with Micro-Mesh 1500 through 12000, then added 4 coats of lacquer over two days (MM12000 after the even numbered coats). One more day of curing. Top coat is TSW.
The kit is suppose to be available very soon from www.kallenshaanwoods.com . This one has "Star" written all over it!