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Having jumped back into some turning, and working with some nicely figured Maple turning stock, I thought I would scratch an itch to emulate our brother Lumberjock Trifern in the most modest and halting of fashions. I got some cold water soluble fabric dyes at the local Blick™ art supply and utilized a jug of yellow NGR dye concentrate (Mohawk) to step into the world of color.
Clear coat is Myland High Build Friction polish rather than Mini-Wax Poly, which may account for a lessened degree of depth of the “look-down” into the swirl of color and grain.
I’m taking baby steps (obviously!) and I took a header with an earlier shot at it. This one had black, marine lavender, fuchsia and yellow with not enough sanding and a nasty application of cold thick cellulose sanding sealer. Somehow I managed to kill the chatoyance of the tiger maple thoroughly with that go-round, so the whole surface had to come off…
In choosing to use a alcohol based finish with the final NGR stain, there was some loss of yellow with the application of the clear coat, but I continued to build color back with the finish and more stain as I glazed more coats on. Additionally the alcohol in the stain made a french polish effect with the ragged on mixture, there is no additional abrasive treatment after the last finish/dye pass.
2.75” x 3.325”, lumen 2” x 2.323” Turned on the Beall Treen Mandrel.
The Lid is still out on the saw table locked up in a block, waiting for the right parts to be removed; and will post separately.
It’s a variant on Joe’s award winning technique and teaching points, and just a start, but I have to thank you, Trifern, for your glorious work and patient sharing.
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CharlieM1958
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#1 posted 204 days ago
Nice work, Doug! (But you don’t get to mention Joe’s name until I can see my reflection in the finish.) :-)
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#2 posted 204 days ago
Lookin pretty nice….. Milands is ok but to get the debth Poly would be the ticket….. Be nice to see the lid when done…..
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#3 posted 204 days ago
Point taken, Charlie. Running short of mirrors down your way? :^J
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#4 posted 204 days ago
This is Beautiful Douglas ,you did a wonderful job. I do wonder how color fast a dye meant for fabrics would be?
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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#5 posted 204 days ago
Beautiful
I’ve always preferred the satin finish because, high gloss tends to hide the beauty of the grain
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#6 posted 204 days ago
Hi Doug,
I’m with Dick….satin works for me, in most cases.
Lee
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#7 posted 204 days ago
Definitely, a thing of beauty.
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#8 posted 204 days ago
Nice job Buddy. Great finish.
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Roger
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#9 posted 203 days ago
Came out really nice. I’ve gotta ask Santa fer one o them mandrels
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Douglas Bordner
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#10 posted 203 days ago
Thanks guys!
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kiefer
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#11 posted 192 days ago
Very nice Douglas
Like the look of that finish !
Yes turning is something I want to add to my skills and have my eye on a small lathe .
May have to get some input from you guys as to which one and all the tools ETC.
-- Kiefer 松
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#12 posted 192 days ago
Kiefer. I have the Jet Mini, however if I were to be in the market today I would get the Rikon. Two more inches of swing over the ways and an indexing headstock. I have finished the lid, and had planned to post this evening, but I managed to have an unplanned intersection of hand and bandsaw this evening, and spent the last four hours getting decorative stitching at the ER. There has to be a better way to get time off work…
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