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TLDR: Here's my progress so far. Steve posted a comment wondering if there was any progress on the shekere since the last post. I've...

In the last post I left off having applied a bit of shellac. I wound up putting on about 10 or 12 coats, because that is all of the leftove...

In the last post I documented how I obtained the gourd for my shekere (which is an African instrument that I intend to use with my salsa ban...

Oh, my.  I see it's been five years since I last posted to this blog. Time flies. I've not disappeared, but it is true I haven't...

Or, Fraction Math Without a Calculator! Buckle up! I recently was watching a tutorial video from a well-known and very talented leather ma...

Ta-daaaaa! We left off having painted and BLO'd the chest. I normally finish off an oiled finish with some type of paste wax. My favorit...

 Paint. This chest is nearly done. Just like any other project, the quality of the finish depends greatly on surface preparation. In this c...