nice idea to fill those voids in wood

Alistair, I’d love to see some pictures of your success with this process. Thanks
Bruce, AKA FLWoodRat

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

All or most of the stuff I make is done to order for my family and I don’t have anything here but if enough request it I’ll do something on a scrap piece and let you all see it next week or so.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Very interesting. I would like very much to see a sample as well.

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

It must be awful messy, trying to work with that fine powder.

I’d also like to see some pictures.

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Amen to the pictures. Pictures are like a thousand words. I have taken sanding dust and shavings from the same piece of wood that has the defect, mixed with epoxy and filled the void. Blends in very well. Thanks for the tip.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

pictures

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

That sounds like an interesting idea. Some folks use sawdust of the same species mixed with epoxy to fill the void and I’ve seen some fill the void with small stones or a leaf and then fill it with clear epoxy. Post a picture. It would be cool to see.

-- Allen, Milwaukee, WI

It’s not messy at all .Please be prudent and don’t try this with expensive clothing ,but taken out of the container with a sppoon and added to the epoxy glue it’s fine and soon mixes to a nice runny paste which pours easily.I have set myself up a challenge with this one and need to get over a serious sore throat and swollen glands so bear with me but it works great also on penmaking when you cut through the wood to the metal I do it on pens with super glue and spray hardner.I will do something next week and take a few pics so watch this space when I am betterLOL kindest regards to my dear friends here.AlistairAlistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

I smell an excuse for a blog on this process. Hope you feel better Alistair and I can’t wait to see your process.

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I’ve made it a habit to save the chips and sanding dust of some of my pens that I made. So I have black, red, yellow, pink etc.

I’ve used that successfully in fixing pen blanks, but I hadn’t thought of using it in planks. the toner dust also sounds like a great solution.

Thanks.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

In the real world I work on laser printers and digital copiers to pay the bills.

You thought sawdust ruined your clothes and filled your nose full of uglies…you should try breathing toner all day. Studies have told us that it is not dangerous to ingest or clog our lungs with…but I await the day when my doctor gasps as he looks at my chest xray.

And I ruin plenty of clothes with the stuff.

Toner is basically an electrically charged plastic that has been ground into small and consistantly sized particles.

I had never thought of using in woodworking…Great idea! Looking forward to seeing pictures of your application.

in fact I am now thinking of using Alistair’s method to fill holes in my driveway…hehe

-- Trevor Premer Head Termite and Servant to the Queen - Heirloom Woodworking

Pictures please?

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

I too, have had some experience with toner, since in my former life I was called on to solve the problems of all the people working with about 65 computer stations. Although many of them had extensive educational backgrounds in electronics, hydraulics, mechanicals and so forth, most of them seemed to fall apart when they had to do their thinking and work by means of computers. So when their printers ran out of toners, for example, their worlds crashed. And thus it was, I came in contact with the material.

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