Comments on: My New Slab http://www.tomitadesigns.com/blog/2009/02/01/my-new-slab/ Tomita designs are drawn from traditional Japanese forms and the context of a multicultural upbringing. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:41:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Pahkii http://www.tomitadesigns.com/blog/2009/02/01/my-new-slab/#comment-125 Pahkii Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:16:52 +0000 http://www.tomitadesigns.com/blog/?p=773#comment-125 When I was in Baja this last time around my dad and I worked with Eucalyptus which is this surprisingly pink color inside. It's extremely soft though, so it's hard to use on anything structural or large, but if you want to highlight something with a rare color it's a good way to go. The wood went into some little drawers in the bottom of a chisel cabinet, the deep door variety, like <a href="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Chisels/Chisels-storageMay2007.jpg" rel="nofollow">so</a>. When I was in Baja this last time around my dad and I worked with Eucalyptus which is this surprisingly pink color inside. It’s extremely soft though, so it’s hard to use on anything structural or large, but if you want to highlight something with a rare color it’s a good way to go.

The wood went into some little drawers in the bottom of a chisel cabinet, the deep door variety, like so.

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