April 12, 2012

Guitar Stand


This is the guitar stand that I made using red oak.   I steamed the curved parts at 180F for about 2 hours after pre-soaking the pieces in a home made PVC steam box.     Once I removed the pieces from the steam box I had about 10 minutes to get the piece into the mold and clamp it tight.   Quite a learning experience.    After some pre-assembly using mortise and tenon joints, I sealed the grain of the wood, then stained the stand using an aniline dye that I mixed myself.   I then rubbed in three coats of a varnish.

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