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[jhb8426 (Resident Curmudgeon)]

Here’s more on the jamboo.

I had to finish off my JAMBOO

There’s been a lot of comments about the raw wood on the jamboo, some good, some bad. I’d say it’s in between. But this yoyo deserves a nice finish. Mine was relatively smooth to start off so no major complaints in that department, but YYJ just didn’t finish the job. So I did… Besides, raw wood yoyos get nasty looking from oil on your hands. I used 3 coats of Watco clear oil topped off w/2 coats of clear poly. Before and after http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/287/jamboo1aha8.jpg http://i…

The imageshack pics are all dead so here’s a few of them on their own…
before pics

Here’s some after pics