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Last time you ran an auction then you sold the lot before you arrive in the SH leaving a few people off. Are you going to do the same this time?
Cheers
Maurizio Nannetti - Bowral

Hi Christophe,
Do you really want the Mortar and pestle in Olive wood?
What if I make it with a solid and hard block of Jarrah?
It would certainly be a more suitable type of wood for that purpose....

Hi I can make you one in African olive. I might have to glue two slabs to get the height of the mortar but I can do that.
Are you interested?
Cheers
Maurizio

Guys,
It sounds like you liked my bowl so I decided to post the picture of another one made with timber from the same log (I wish I had more!).
This one finished well in oil....sort of ...
Thanks...

Hi Guys,
In the end the WOP never dried completely so I took a deep breath and ....sanded it all over again (third time!) from 80 to 600 grit.
Now I am inclined to use Shellac but I never used it...

By the way: I forgot to say earlier that I wiped the bowl with a clean cloth soaked in metho as first operation, to make sure there was no fine sanding leftover, and I used a generous amount of metho...

What shall I do now? strip off the 3 coats of WOP and strart again?
Thanks for the help

Hi,
I have turned+carved a bowl in a very soft piece of Huon Pine (see attachment) and I decided to finish it with Wipe-On Poly (never used before).
I followed the instructions on the can to the...

I just bought a can of Techniglue from Carba-Tec. I hope it is as good .. it costs a fortune!

I have tried to warm up the Epoxy mix but it shortened the work time so much that I was actually worse off.
I noticed that mixing some stain (I use Prooftint) thins a bit the mix buts tend to leave...

I have to glue some cracks on a piece of NSW Red Cedar (prior to turning). The cracks are a bit too wide for CA glue but are too thin to get a good penetration with Epoxy Glue. I was thinking that if...

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I have recently started carving bowls out of Mallee Burls and I am now faced with the dilemma of finishing them. I understand other carvers finish the same type of bowls with just Tung...