An Old School Laptop

I was calling it the original lap top but June called it an old school laptop, a little more fitting I think. June Cable is a Fibre Artist, ‘The Wizard of Felt’ (http://www.wizardoffelt.com/ http://wizardoffelt.blogspot.com/) and a friend of my wife. This laptop/writing slope was made from cooked curley maple and the inside is lined my wife’s hand died material. The corner wedges are hard maple, it’s finished with 5 coats of polyurethane, sanded with 1200 grit paper and finally with bees wax polish.

New Mantel

I finished the new mantel for our fire place; it is from an 8 foot long 12 inch wide and 2½ inch thick piece of maple, my father-in-law had milled 3 years ago. It had a long twist in it and after a bit of hand planning, re-sawing and glue up I finished with a 7 foot long by 7 inch deep and 1½ think mantel. We wanted a bit larger look so I added a face to make it 2½ inches deep. The front and sides are mitred cuts so there are no end grain showing. It has a few coats of red mahogany stain and several coats of polyurethane.

Here is a picture of the old oak mantel to give you an idea of the improved look.