Quartered white oak bedroom.

[Chet]

On 7/26/2021 at 2:42 PM, Tom King said:

I figure I'll work until 10 o'clock on the morning of my funeral.

I'm guessing the funeral is at noon then.

[curlyoak]

On 7/26/2021 at 5:42 PM, Tom King said:

I figure I'll work until 10 o'clock on the morning of my funeral.

Most every day of the long Florida summer, I start early but I stop around 10 or 11. On my funeral day, I hope a long time from now, I'm taking the morning off! Going fishing!

My iPhone tracks my walking. I walk much faster and farther when the temperatures are 80 or less. I did not realize that until I saw that on my phone. I bet I burn more calories walking slowly in the heat than fast in comfortable weather.

When this furniture gets delivered in a week or so I will take more pictures which will include the elegant touch of the ladie  of the house.

[RichardA]

Looking forward to see it in place.

[RichardA]

On 7/26/2021 at 4:42 PM, Tom King said:

You guys are a little older than me, but I'm still working more than full time.  I figure I'll work until 10 o'clock on the morning of my funeral.

It's  gonna take you til 10 just to get dressed just to lay down. :-}

[curlyoak]

I like the finish General Arm-r -seal semi gloss. It looked real good. Until I got to the dresser top. I could not work fast enough to flow it out. It leaves brush marks. I have received very good advice but still the same problem of running out of time. All the rest on this project was perfect because less time was needed being smaller parts. Then I talked to the local Ben Moore paint store. His first question was am I varnishing in AC. That was the answer. The heat reduced my working time. I brought the top in the house and had plenty of time to work it. The advice I received on the internet was consistent but wrong for me because I live in hotter long summers. The advice was well intended but not for my climate. The product is exceptional. But no large surfaces in warm climates. The temperature was in the low 80's early in the day. Not good enough. I set the AC at 71 overnight.

[Chestnut]

That's good to know. I mostly do most of my finishing in my shop which sits around 62-64. I usually have a LOT of time to get finish on at that temperature.

The end result looks great. I'm interested to see what it looks like in place. The oak that you used is beautiful, I'm quite jealous of the material you've managed to obtain.