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Another Carbatec Demo comes to an end- was pen turning today, and I even managed to finish 1 1/2 pens. Would have done more but the bushes I had for the Carbatec 401 pens was wrong, so what I turned ended up too small a diameter. It is always harder to get something done on [...]
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Found these photos of a memorabilia chest on the Incra Website – some beautiful work made in Spalted Maple, including the hinges. The gentleman who created it worked for years on the Stealth Bomber program, and collected many souvenirs from the program. Stunning timber, superb chest. I like the idea of it as well as [...]
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If choosing a finish, and you see “Tung Oil” somewhere in the description, as in a Tung Oil finish, or Tung Oil type finish etc, just check the product contents. Some have 0% actual Tung Oil (surprise, surprise), whereas others can be up around 98% – 100% pure Tung Oil. Organoil sent me the following [...]
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Once again in the shed late at night, feeling productive and not wanting to make an excess of noise, so another couple of pens got churned out. Top one is a Sierra with a brown acrylic blank, lower one an Elegant Beauty with a new purple acrylic I found in Carbatec. Don’t forget, this Saturday [...]
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Wonder how many reading this will either be too old, or too young to really get the reference?! I’ve applied another couple of layers (now up to 3), with a steel wool rubdown between 2 and 3 If you’ve been woodworking for a while, you would have heard about 0000 steel wool (and the other [...]
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To translate: you can now fit a number of Random Orbital Sanders to the Torque Workcentre! What I have here is a prototype, but actual versions should not be too far off. Fits Bosch, Triton, DeWalt, Milwaukee and I’m sure there are plenty of others with a similar body. Where a random orbital sander is [...]
Filed under: Finishing, Manufactures and Suppliers, Techniques, Tools | Tagged: Random Orbital, ROS, Sanding, Torque, TWC | 3 Comments »
Another night, or more correctly, another 24 hours, and another layer of oil onto the project. This layer went on the same as the first, without needing any particular finesse, letting the wood suck up what it needs. It was already noticeable the decrease in amount needed, as would be expected. One more layer then [...]
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if I have been creating havoc with your readers today (and if not, please ignore!!) I am experimenting with the best method of supplying both standard and high definition videos, and still have the correct formats available to iTunes for iPhones/iPods etc. I am thinking of creating a second iTunes podcast, specifically for high definition [...]
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A note on safety – Tung Oil is an exothermic oil – like linseed oil, it generates heat as it dries. If you don’t treat the rags with respect, they will bite you (or more correctly, burn you, in the sense that they can catch fire and bring the shed down). Used rags need to [...]
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I am not a fan of modern finishes. I know with pens that I use CA glue, which is in effect an acrylic finish, but in that situation, it is durable and comparatively quick. In saying that, I am now wondering just how well this traditional finish would work. It would require the pen to [...]
Filed under: Finishing, Techniques | Tagged: Citrus, Hall Table, Jarrah, Mahogany, Oil, Terpene, Tung | 2 Comments »
It has almost been a year since I attended the hall table course at Ideal Tools in Williamstown. And ever since then, the hall table has been sitting, incomplete, in my hall, being used as a table! The top was still not squared off, or even fixed down. I’m not sure what finally caused the [...]
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No – not an article about Incra, but a quick note about videos. The latest video has been offered in an additional resolution: 960 x 540. It isn’t standard definition, it isn’t high definition, but somewhere in between to maximise compatibility. This format works for Apple TV, Computer, TV and Hi Def TV. The lower [...]
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