Wow -- looks great! I'd be tempted to join lighter pieces to darker ones just to show of those nice joints -- like a lighter tan section of red cedar to a more brown one.

You could get some really interesting deck patterns if you made strips from a board made from short boards of alternating colors...

Dean

: Rehd: I gave it a try, and I don't think it came out bad for the first
: attempt. I joined together two pieces of oak, and I also joined together a
: piece of cherry and a piece of yellow poplar.

: I finger jointed the ends of the 3/4" board before I ripped the strips.
: I put a dime in the picture to give a perspective of what the strips and
: finger joints would look like.

: Think it will work?

: John