Wood for New Table
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Fri 11 May 2012 16:21
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We mentioned that we had a new table made.
James at Southwest Shipwrights suggested we come over to his new premises near
Lagos and choose the wood which we did. He took us through several
mahogany samples and shaved them so we can see the grain. Apparently most
people go for very little graining nowadays but Lin and I both agreed with James
that more wood with more flare in the grain was more attractive.
We ended up choosing from these 'bits of stick'
(Reilly family terminology):-
 After initial cutting:-
 they looked like this:-
 All we had to do was wait for James to 'knock up
the table', which he did in a week.
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