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cliff cook
1st May 2001, 11:33 PM
G`day guys
I`ve recently read an article in a English turning magazine about filling the features/wholes/cracks in jarrah burls whith a mixture of brass powder and epoxy.The results looked rather spectacular(if somwhat hard to see in the small photos) and i was wondering if anyone has tried this method.
If anyone has could you pass on your results and where you got the brass powder from?
Some of the stores in U.K. supply it but with the exchane rate the way it is i`d rather get in Aust. if i could.
cooky

jclucas
2nd May 2001, 12:02 AM
Most people I know use brass shavings from businesses that make new keys. Mix this about 50/50 with epoxy. Let it harden for a few days. It will be easier to polish after turning. You will have to sand to at least 600 grit and then I use rubbing compound and past wax to polish. The brass doesn't shine unless you really polish it. John

cliff cook
2nd May 2001, 11:18 PM
Thanks for the feedback John but it would take an awful lot of ground keys to fill the holes in the burl i was thinking of using.
Hey Doorstop i hate to show my ignorance but i`v never used cream before(EEE or any other)how do you use it??
cooky

ubeaut
3rd May 2001, 01:43 PM
G'day Cooky

Click HERE (http://www.ubeaut.com.au/ubhome.htm) then on the link to EEE-Ultra Shine for all the info.

Cheers - Neil http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif

Stopper - Get your lies right will ya. Strewth! What am I paying you for. EEE will cut up to 3000 and way beyond. Vic Wood is sanding to 2500 grit then using EEE before 2 coats of Shellawax Cream. His boxes finished this way are absolutely brilliant. http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/biggrin.gif

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ubeaut
3rd May 2001, 02:04 PM
Cooky - Another really good trick is to seal up all the visible outside holes on a burl blank except for the ones on top then mix up clear casting resin with a contrasting or complimentary colouring to the colour of the burl. Then pour it over the top of the blank. It will slowly find its way into all the nooks an crannies inside the burl and fill them, eventually drying to a very hard almost glassy finish.

Turn the bowl as you normally would and all the holes will be solid and look like coloured windows. This stuff polishes up a treat and makes for something completely different by way of a finished object.

A burl bowl done this way and lit from above or below looks brilliant.

Cheers - Neil http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif

PS One major drawback. It only works on very dry and open burls. This stuff hates moisture.

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Terry Porter
3rd May 2001, 08:05 PM
Hi Cooky,

I don't know whether the review you are referring to was mine in 'Woodturning'on the metal powders from Craft Supplies here in the UK. I found the whole process great fun, and you don't necessarily have to use metal powder, other mixes will work. I found that a clear expoxy that sets in about ten minutes or so works well. The mix must contain a lot of whatever powder you are adding otherwise you get a clear epoxy filler! Cutting back with a very sharp scraper works well.

Sorry about the exchange rate! It's obviously time I took a holiday in Oz.

Terry

cliff cook
3rd May 2001, 11:39 PM
G`day guys
Thanks for the great feed back i think this sounds like a realy fun idea so i`ll give it a burl(sic).I don`t know what your paying "doorstop" but i think you should incraese it (he might get it right then).
Sorry stopper couldn`t resist.
Terry the article was in "woodturning" feb 2001 edition by Jimmy Clewes.I thought the article said about the powder but i was wrong so it must have been yours i`d seen.
cooky

Iain
5th May 2001, 10:28 AM
For brass shavings or dust in the quatities you are looking for you could also try any factory that uses a CNC lathe and does brass turnings.
We have several near us that are small one man operations and have two or three lathes continually on the go.
Most of these blokes would welcome a six pack to seperate the brass from the rest of the rubbish as long as it is a good Vic brew http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/biggrin.gif