126 days ago
by PASs |
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In the first post in this series I showed the small bowl that came off the lathe at 1300 RPM.The blank wasn’t too damaged, so I reglued it and finished it.Finished project.
The regluing went so well that I didn’t have to return the face of the bowl, I just sanded it to get the glue off, then a coat of 2# shellac buffed off while wet with an old T-shirt.1. back on the lathe with safety cage in place.
2. shellac on the front.
3. getting ready to round the corners off…...
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135 days ago
by PASs |
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I did a couple of Ice cream scoop handles this afternoon.The second one took 30 minutes from grabbing the blank to ready to glue on the scoop.Here’s a quick photo log of the action (all times in Military format).
1. 1630, grabbed the blank and put it in the drill press to drill the hole for the scoop.
2. 1637, blank rounded.
3. 1639, tenon turned.
4. 1644, rough shaping done.
5. 1645, start sanding…80, 120, 180, 220, 320 grit.
6. 1648, finish sanding.
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382 days ago
by PASs |
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I have always been interested in punky wood, the discoloration and lines caused by the decomposition of the wood makes it much more interesting to me. And since I do a lot of work with repurposed wood, including firewood, it is part of what I get for raw materials anyway.
So when we converted our wood-burning fireplace to a gas insert (that’s another story entirely) I figured I had a whole pile of future punky wood.
That was two years ago. Unfortunately, it looks like that is a ye...
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1052 days ago
by Briansey |
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I had an old oregon pine painted door that was in pieces – unfortunately we did not take a photo of it, but we have another door that is the same design and I will take a picture of that.
Hubby first decided to repair the door but as I had no use for a door we decided to leave the old paint on, cut it into two and turn them into mirrors. After hubby did the woodworking part of the project, I sanded down all the loose paint. Painted a soft blue over and then finished it with a gal...
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