I can imagine the reactions some would have from that cutting board!
I've personally never had a problem with certain woods until recently....
What's in the mail?
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I can imagine the reactions some would have from that cutting board!
I've personally never had a problem with certain woods until recently....
Decided to try turning a few pens....
10 pen kits, bushings, drill bits, carbide tipped live and dead centers.
10 pen kits, bushings, drill bits, carbide tipped live and dead centers.
Lee, that's what my wife thought too!
A whole lotta them
Was surprised last week to a mail delivery. A friend sent me a piece of 'Needlewood' and a piece of 'black box burl' to add to the the sample collection. He sent Paul some 'needlewood' also, so he'll have better pictures on his site some time soon. The 'Needlewood' reminds me a lot of the Grevillea genus.
Well, had another great surprise arrive this week, some African sumac (Searsia lancea) and Velvet mesquite from Barry, @barry richardson . These are headed to be reference samples in the wood collection. Paul, did you want to take any pictures? @phinds
Barry, thanks for the Missouri Conservationist magazine, used as additional packing. I read the entire thing this morning while waiting for temps to rise to freezing before heading out in the yard. I enjoyed doing so.
Barry, thanks for the Missouri Conservationist magazine, used as additional packing. I read the entire thing this morning while waiting for temps to rise to freezing before heading out in the yard. I enjoyed doing so.
Your welcome Mark, yea the Missouri Conservationist is a great little mag. Mailed free to Missouri residents, my brother sends me a stack every once in a while...
Thanks Mark, but I'll just wait until you've processed them into samples.
I had offered so you get to photograph the entire piece, and so you could do an end grain on a thicker piece. This allows you greater margin of flexibility, if end(s) are out of square, and allows me to re-cut the ends square as well when resizing. After I process them, they are finish sized with a wax sealer.
Ah. Well, that does sound good, so yeah. Thanks.
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I A new CBN wheel. Grew tired of refacing my 120 grit AO wheel. My other wheel on the Rikon sliw grind is 180. Spoke to Ken at Woodturning Wonders (great guy) and went to a 600 grit “wide” to put on the grinder.
Sure is pretty & will have it on today—- scary sharp is where it’s at!!
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Well I’d been thinking of getting a scraper for outside work on bowls— almost anything to cut down on sanding. Did some looking, found one then discovered a 2-fer. Hurricanes have been good tools for so figured “wth”?
I also had been wanting to try/use a burnisher to get a better burr on the scraper edges.
Time will tell,,,,
I also had been wanting to try/use a burnisher to get a better burr on the scraper edges.
Time will tell,,,,
Just in from the UK! From my brief bit of shopping around, looks like that's the only place its made and sold from. Amazon sells it, but I still think it comes from the UK. Enywho, this is a two part epoxy putty, pretty much like JB Weld, but in a cool color, and machineable. I saw another turner mention it on line for inlay, and it got me curious, I plan to experiment with incorporating it with crushed turquoise to fill cracks, I'll let ya know how it goes....
Heard a lot and seen it some. Been wanting to try it. Do a review on it for us @barry richardson.
I've used Milliput, but only for eyes/ buttons on snowmen, largest area about 1/8" dia. Turns and sands easy, but I did get a little smear of black on maple snowmen. Easily fixed with a little hand sanding. Not tried it on anything larger.
One hint, leave a little mounded over area you are filling. When I first tried it, attempted to leave flush with surface by scraping with my finger and found that some of the surface crumbled when finish turning. Probably didn't have it pressed in enough, so now I leave a little extra on top.
One hint, leave a little mounded over area you are filling. When I first tried it, attempted to leave flush with surface by scraping with my finger and found that some of the surface crumbled when finish turning. Probably didn't have it pressed in enough, so now I leave a little extra on top.
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Today I received a glue bot, some silicone glue brushes and spreaders, some fresh glue, and some cutting board feet. The feet are kinda small but this might actually be a good thing and not raise the cutting boards to high. And they came with stainless steel screws. An Amazon purchase.
Nail clipper for scale since I dont have a blue lighter.
Nail clipper for scale since I dont have a blue lighter.
About three months ago I won a guessing game over on the pen turners forum where I won $100 worth of wood blanks from George’s Bits of Timber. He is in Australia and shipping was not included. While it was going to cost me around $50 US to ship, I could not resist getting some cool Australian wood. Here is what came in the mail today. I added a picture of the packing list but let me know if there is a specific piece you want to know what it is.
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Which one is the cork wood?