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Old October 9, 2015   #43
Worth1
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Originally Posted by Zenbaas View Post
Well there you go I think it could look really nice with the necessary love put into it.
What stopped me was my indecision on the pole.
Wood which would be a pain to get a hole through that fare.
I could split it on my saw gouge or saw out a groove and glue it back together.
Then I thought of copper the dropped it.
This happens to me all of the time.
I can say if I do it right I could sell it for a ton of money if I wanted to.
A small table lamp goes for around $400.00 and I could get way more than that due to the finish I put on wood.
I have spoken to many dealers at art shows and they just about all use some sort of cheap varnish.
They will go to all of that work and then do that it baffles me.

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