My finest work on a riser to date...I think you will like it...took me a long time but I took quite a few pics along the way.  

Starting with Paduak wedges.  

 

 

 

I made a grinding sled (this sled is for 8 1/4" wedges...so I had to final finish these by hand.  

 

Laminations consist of .040 glass and Zebra lams.  I was really worried about the Zebra as I have seen some guys have had some problems with it in the past.  So I put a coat on and let it sit a minute, then did another...hoping the pores would soak up quite a bit prior to adding another.





It must have worked...both limbs came out perfect..I was very happy

Tracing the limb profile

Added the tip overlays.  They consist of alterations of 1/16 white and tan linen phenolic

Now for the good part...I took a 1 1/8 block of Zebra and glued on a scrap strip of Paduak and a scrap strip of Grey Actionwood.




Then run it through the 10-20 to get is square again.  

I then took a fingerjoint bit and routed one side and ran another piece through as well. I then glued those up as shown (this will be the middle piece of my riser).

Here are the other 9 pieces of the riser.  






Into the oven they go.

Here is the angle cut of the riser...This was my first time trying points...and I was pretty excited.  

Bingham jig to tap the holes

The shelf cut...the big moment to see what is underneath



It worked!



Starting to shape the riser...Lady likes it.

Glue on a thumbrest (just an extra cut off piece from the riser)



Continue to shape the riser

Installing a few inserts.  A plunger insert, stabilizer and side...might not use any...but wanted to try it.  

After a solid week of filling the pores of that dang Paduak...I finished with 4 thin coats of Thunderbird....

Like I tell my wife on almost all of them I make.....I'm keeping this one!

Final specs:

68", 48# at 28"

Excellent job Brad.

Wow! That's beautiful. Stan

WOW!  I love the riser shelf with the finger grooves in it, that looks just amazing!

Brad,
I wish I would have come by to see this one in the making. I really do want to see you at work. The pierce points came out great.

George

BRAD  YA DONT GET TO KEEP THIS ONE!!!  HA  SHIP IT TO ME  HAHA  NICE JOB I LIKE IT  IS THAT PADUK THE SAME STUFF I GOT  A WHILE BACK ?  BROCK

Brad that looks absolutely amazing.  I read read an article yesterday on how to do that kind of glue up and now I know thanks.  

Shawn