Re: Advice on finishing Cedar

Dan,

Thanks for your reply, I hadn't heard of buffing bare wood with leather before. I have some saddlemakers leather so will give it a try. Thanks once again.

Rob

Actually, I have a drill press. Unfortuantely, it does me no good when I'm trying to drill holes in the end of a board for example, as the drill press can't take vertical pieces. The exact application I needed the jigs for recently was for knock-down connectors. A Jig is much more accurate than a drill press, can go where the drill press can't and doesn't involve me trying to somehow support 6'x2' boards on a tiny little platform. Otherwise, I use the press when I can. For example, the press is really useful in making the jigs... :-)

John

I got a bunch of 2x12 western red cedar and made some light valances out of it. I was shocked at how pretty it was with sanding and some poly.

I used tung oil on Cedar that I trimed out in my family room. After the first coat dried, I went over it with steel wool and then gave it another coat of tung oil. It really makes the grain stand out - amazing what cedar looks like when the roughness is planed out...

James Hendrix