Hello all, my name is Rob. I stained some cherry.

.in an adolescent episode and had to get rid of the evidence

You could have painted it ... ;)

Anyone who stains Cherry should be hung by his thumbs.

C',mon, you've never sprayed flat black on some Zebrawood and finished it with a nice coat of Nitrocellulose? 'Fess up...

While I generally agree, I'd like to show an "almost stained" cherry project. My middle daughter's birthday is today and SWMBO and I built this vanity stool for her:

The target is a match to a factory made cherry bedroom suite they own. Of course, the cherry will darken with time, so I needed to guess what it would look like in a year or so.

The cross pieces are mortised into the legs and each other. I pinned the leg joints with 1/4" cherry dowel. There is a swivel from Woodcraft between the set and frame:

-- Doug

Form follows function. and that is my kind of style. Simple, yet elegant. Very nice. I am scared to death to even try a lathe..it would be sooo addicting.

Nice look to the color in my opinion.

The legs look like they are one piece not laminated. Thick Cherry ain't cheap eh?

Thank you, sir. That was what I was aiming at.

SWMBO has been saying for years that I needed a lathe. I was resisting because I am still learning the tools I've got. But when she took me to Woodcraft and said "Get what you want", how could I refuse? The woman is a keeper.

-- Doug

Worse than that. I had some left over 8/4 cherry that was going to be enough to make the legs. But there was a hunk of sap wood I couldn't avoid, so I ended up buying another plank of 8/4. So I've got more left overs than I started with. Oh, well. It will find a home sooner or later. -- Doug

Was that a drive-by?

If you need to find a home for that cherry, let me know.

jc