Psycho Mike
Free Cdn
I'm glad all the burl is in the butt of this plank. I've had curly maple kick my tail. At least it was only a pistol. It went in the burn pile.
I started on the patch box lid so I could get a feel for curly maple....never touched the stuff before my Colonial (walnut and beech before). After a couple "where the heck is that line going" moments, I quickly developed a process to help my lines go down relatively straight. I thought a marking gauge would help....heaven help me if the curl didn't make its lines worse than mine! I almost thought my first lid would end up in the bin because of it (turned out pretty decent, so I even tried putting the brass end plate on it).
Now to see if I can "scale up" my dye job from my test block to the full stock. Finishing is going to take a bit (dye, Tung oil, wax) but I think the final results will be worth it (and don't ask me how the heck I managed to match my ramrod to the test block on my first attempt). I suspect my dye will accentuate my lines nicely at this point