How I made the TV cabinet 2" higher

Nice save! Did you have to pass the end grain edge over the jointer before jointing or are all of the adjoining edges straight off the saw?

The walnut came right off my new WWII like glass. The butternut was cut with a circular saw and was really ragged. Cleaned up nicely with a top guided router.

I still say the walnut grain should have gone in the opposite direction of the butternut,but it does look ok.

The main thing is...does the client like it?

It would crack. Think cross grain situation.

After asking that question I kind of slapped myself in the forehead. It doesn't look like you could of used your jointer if you wanted to at least on the butternut. It might have been a very awkward maneuver.

As someone who has faltered often and improvised various solutions, I can relate. You did good.

Remember the mantra. It ain't a mistake, it is a design feature.

Some of my rural family would probably refer to it as a racing stripe.

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Looks good; the contrast is pleasing.

Who cares? *I* like it. Very nice save.

A true craftsman is known by the quality of his fixes.

Looks great! Nice job. Andy

I am thinking of making a couple walnut accessories so it will actually look like a design feature. Maybe a walnut bowl with one butternut strip. Is that possible, or is the difference in hardness to extreme? (I am taking a bowl making class next week...)

Swingman wrote: [snip]

-A true craftsman is known by the quality of his fixes.

Spoken like a true musician *G* (This ain't no wrong chord, it's an interlude!") Software writers can do that too. (This ain't no bug, it's a feature.) Abstract art is like that too. (That eyeball looks kinda neat hanging from her nose like that.)

Nice save, Toller. Looks great.

or Jazz ...

No praise for the inspirational then. ;-)

Nice punt.

Mark (sixoneeight) = 618

Praise to a lot of people then, Sir.

Praise to Toller for having enough faith in this group to ask for the assist in the first place. Praise to the many that offered solutions. Praise to Toller for picking the best solution and executing it flawlessly Praise to you, Sir. Praise to me, for what I don't know, but I will think of something ...oh yes...this absolutely fabulous mug of coffee. (Costco House Blend with a couple of handfuls of Kenyan Dark, ground through a burr grinder on 'course' and steeped in 200-degree mineral water for 3 minutes in a french press.

Looks great! A walnut & butternut bowl would work fine, and be a sharp looking accessory atop the cabinet.

-- Timothy Juvenal