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Beautiful wood and an excellent job!

Mr. Yeti ---- what else is left to say ? I would be proud as punch to own that piece --- you've done a superb job & I truly look forward to seeing it after you have checkered it. What were you using as a finish & how many coats after the pores were filled ? Ken

Ken and guys, thanks for the attaboys.
I was going to use Mike Armstrong's Waterlox, but used my dependable Tru-Oil; cut %50 with Naptha for the first couple big drinks of sealer coats. Pure T-O during the wet sanding process; I wet sand all the way from 220 through 600 grit. The pores were pretty much filled by the time I done with 320 grit. After the 600 grit there was 3 topcoats of T-O plus about 5% naptha and 5% boiled linseed. The linseed oil gives me a little bit more time to fuss with the finish. Topcoats got polished with pumice/baby oil, the last one with rottenstone/oil.

So maybe 8 total coats after the pores were filled, 5 sanded and 3 top.

Looking good, B. Sounds like you've got that chemistry stuff down pat.

If you ever get impatient waiting for finish to dry, give this a try. Get the aerosol Pro-Custom Oil. Spray a little bit into a small mixing cup and add 20-30% mineral spirits (this stuff is already very thin to spray out of a can anyway. You'll be able to tell when it looks like water, just barely. Sand in the finish with 400-500 as many do. Do that at least 3-4 times or as many times as you feel good about. Allow to dry (accelerate with heat). Spray the next couple coats and dry (accelerate with heat). Wet sand the finish and polish as with any other type finish. I did this whole process in a Jan winter and accel'd by hanging in front of the fireplace on my camera tripod. Drying was no more than a couple hrs. Did the whole finish process in a couple days.

BTW, the aerosol PCO is much faster drying than the canned non-aerosol. Seems different altogether.