This Zebra is based on the pattern I used for the horse. My inspiration for using two types of wood was from a friend of mine who turns wood pens using multi wood blanks to start with.
Two species of wood were needed for the different colours. I used walnut and maple. After the blank was glued up, I smoothed the edges with a smoothing plane. A small scraping plane was used to take out the tiny marks left in the wood. The final effect of the planes was a finish
that was absolutely flat.
When two different types of wood are used there will be differences in how the wood is sanded. The walnut is softer than the maple. I finished this project with Tung Oil and I was impressed with the way the colours of the wood came out.
