Comments on: From the Flickr Pool: Lacewood Mantle http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/20/from-the-flickr-pool-lacewood-mantle/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Steve Thompson http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/20/from-the-flickr-pool-lacewood-mantle/#comment-260211 Steve Thompson Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:30:15 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/03/20/from-the-flickr-pool-lacewood-mantle/#comment-260211 Thanks guys! Yes it's solid Lacewood. My local supplier had a 9', 8/4 board about 8" wide in their exotics pile and I got it for about $100 (pretty good here in Los Angeles). Cut in half and glued up I ended up with just under 4" slab. My house is relatively contemporary, so I didn't want it too fancy - plus the wood is just so unbelievably beautiful it didn't need much. The pictures don't even do it justice. I'm a big fan of layering finishes (I think you posted my Norm-inspired recipe for some mahogany veneer speakers I built). This one is 2 coats of 50% cut amber shellac, 5 coats of Formby's Tung Oil finish, and 2 coats of dark brown Briwax (the tinted wax really made the grain pop!). Thanks guys! Yes it’s solid Lacewood. My local supplier had a 9′, 8/4 board about 8″ wide in their exotics pile and I got it for about $100 (pretty good here in Los Angeles). Cut in half and glued up I ended up with just under 4″ slab. My house is relatively contemporary, so I didn’t want it too fancy - plus the wood is just so unbelievably beautiful it didn’t need much. The pictures don’t even do it justice.

I’m a big fan of layering finishes (I think you posted my Norm-inspired recipe for some mahogany veneer speakers I built). This one is 2 coats of 50% cut amber shellac, 5 coats of Formby’s Tung Oil finish, and 2 coats of dark brown Briwax (the tinted wax really made the grain pop!).

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