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and did a cut with horizontal grain, instead of vertical. Measures 24 x 8.
This stain also came out a little lighter - don't know why.

 
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Jim,

I use high gloss poly or laquer. Just my preference, I guess. I don't use a flash, but sometimes the lighting throws a higher than normal sheen on them. But for the most part, it's the result of the gloss poly or laquer.
 
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The stain being lighter could be caused by the wood being a little harder, or have a higher moisture content than the pieces you have cut before. Or you might have sanded this one a little more or used a finer grit sandpaper.

It is a nice layout and came out great.
 
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The stain being lighter could be caused by the wood being a little harder, or have a higher moisture content than the pieces you have cut before. Or you might have sanded this one a little more or used a finer grit sandpaper.

Or ....... I could have grabbed a different shade of stain not thinking. Just checked.
 
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So, what do you think? The horizontal lines create the illusion of a line of clouds, a ridge, a sunset.... the human brain just needs the illusion of detail, than it searches for what it thinks should be there. vertical lines in a scene like this tend to distract the mind, and cause it to be confused by what it is seeing..

Bravo..
 
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I can see the difference. Lighter stain helps too. Trouble is, I got the file all set up for 24" panel, and some 24x20 and 24x16 pieces cut -- Can get 2 -20" and 2- 16" pieces out of a 24 x 72 panel - no waste. May have to adjust things a little --- it just takes so much time to redo things

Course, I could get 48" panels, cut em in half - cut 4 inches off, keep the cut offs and glue them up to make another panel.
 
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