Those are looking fantastic Jeff. All your show and tells are Great Stuff.

Nice Jeff that color is spot on to your swatch. Excellent job!

Thanks Glenn and odball,

Ya, . I am very happy with the color, it is exactly what I wanted.

Playing around with inlays this morning.

Jeff I've enjoyed this thread very much !

I`m with VM2K...I`ve always enjoyed seeing your work, Jeff!!

Cheers

Thanks Grantro and Mark!

Its about done. Last of the finish going on in an hour or so, then its time to assemble and play.

Well since you guys are enjoying the thread I thought you would like to see my setup for ripping the inlay strips. Its simply one of my push sticks clamped to the fence to hold the thin material down. And I taped some veneer scrap to the table saw top so the piece Im working with wont slide under the fence.

The other pic is the shells with one coat of gloss. Notice my natural birch inlay in the kick drum hoop.

Spectacular! The shells look great at every stage, but best at the last. Mission accomplished...

Can't wait to see em together...

Mitch

Thanks Mitch! The last coat of clear looks real nice, have not posted a pic of the final yet. Getting anxious to assemble.

Here is a close up of the converted marching snare shell.