Willy Nelson
20th June 2019, 11:41 PM
Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen
Previously, when confronted by a piece of timber riddled with grub holes, I have either repaired them with mixed success, or cut my losses and burnt the offending item.
However, armed with my new found knowledge of resins, I decided to disguise them.
I turned the bowl to a rough platter shape and sanded to 180 grit.
Firstly, using a Drexel with a cone shaped burr, I randomly bored out each of the grub holes.
Using blue tack, I then built little dams around the grooves on the inside of the platter so as to allow the resin to remain in the groove. Once dry, I then remounted the platter in the lathe and finished sanding it.
10 coats of Danish oil later, finished. I have found that some people hate it, and some love it. I am glad I was able to utilise the timber and not waste it.
Comments and feedback welcome
Willy
Jarrahland
Previously, when confronted by a piece of timber riddled with grub holes, I have either repaired them with mixed success, or cut my losses and burnt the offending item.
However, armed with my new found knowledge of resins, I decided to disguise them.
I turned the bowl to a rough platter shape and sanded to 180 grit.
Firstly, using a Drexel with a cone shaped burr, I randomly bored out each of the grub holes.
Using blue tack, I then built little dams around the grooves on the inside of the platter so as to allow the resin to remain in the groove. Once dry, I then remounted the platter in the lathe and finished sanding it.
10 coats of Danish oil later, finished. I have found that some people hate it, and some love it. I am glad I was able to utilise the timber and not waste it.
Comments and feedback welcome
Willy
Jarrahland