Daniel Myers

Alaska Yellow Cedar and Padouk. I milled the cove and bead strips to 5/8
wide and about 3/16 thick as I knew the bending for these curves to be
pretty tight. This size worked out quite well. Since I did not use
staples, the glue-up took a while as I could only glue-up a few strips per
day, but it was worth it in the long run. One other advantage to the narrow
strips was that less material was removes to achieve the final shape and
therefore there were no too thin or too thick sections in the wood.

One surprise on the Padouk: Fortunately I decided to do a seal coat of
epoxy before applying the glass. The epoxy drew color from the Padouk and I