> I've posted a few more progress photos for the Wee Lassie II. I have a
> couple in the 'fairing' section that show the strips that were giving me
> grief. The pictures show a dramatic difference between sanded and scraped
> strips. The cabinet sraper was the only tool that worked for smoothing the
> flat grained strips, but it had the added benefit of really bringing out
> the character of the wood. In this picture, I did a test wet down with
> mineral spirits. I think it kind of looks like Cherry.

> Ross

Alright, knock it off, will ya? You're making the rest of us look bad -- or at least feel bad that we're not doing quite as nice a job...;-)

My Outer Island is getting the 'mottled look' since I have white cedar from various trees in various colors. I thought it was looking alright until I saw those last couple of Wee Lassie pix -- puts mine to shame...

Dean