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One more reason to buy a lathe!
I'd love to see a video of some turning in action especially the hollowing out part.

Simply incredible!

The simplistic style of your designs do a lot to share the natural beauty of the wood.

Do you mill those slabs yourself?
What types of finish are you using?

Thanks!

Love his philosophy!
Thanks for sharing.

The team up and compete idea sounds like loads of fun. Make sure each team has at least one student that excels and one student that lacks. That way the average team performance is even.

Yeah I thought of this after I posted. It's not like a burl slab is gonna fall in your lap tomorrow.

I am an HVAC mechanic by trade and have trained many mechanics/helpers over the years. I r thing I found is that you can teach anyone the rules and steps of "how to", but you cannot teach passion for...

How does one measure moisture content?

Well count me in! William
Stuart here! :)

As long as we don't include those weird Stewarts. I just don't know what to make of someone with an "ew" in their name.

How many Stuarts are on this forum?!

Spar urethane

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I think I know the inspiration you speak of. I'd like to see where this goes.

So how would you guys say this Maloof mix and Hard Burnishing Oil compare to Waterlox, which is a tung blend I believe?

Sorry if this is a thread jack. Just seemed pertinent to the topic.

Resawing and sanding have been my main methods thus far. Here are some photos of a few crosses I've built with them.

http://img.tapatalk.com/46aceeee-aefb-6c44.jpg...

That's a big cypress! Now just sink those underwater for about 50 years and that stuff will be worth about $20/bd.ft.

Ok, so until now I have never heard of band saw boxes. What a great way to salvage scraps! Looks like a fun project and way to kill a day. Thanks for the idea.

Here is one of the unidentified pieces. Care to give it a shot?

These are beams reclaimed from old sheet metal pallets. I can get all I want.
It seems they are mostly red and white oak, but there are a few pieces with a tighter grain that I can't identify. They...

Thanks Steve.

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We have tons of these red gum trees here where I'm from and most people think they are trash trees. I want a portable saw mill since I've realized they make such beautiful lumber.

This a simple step ladder I built for my church library. the steps are built out of sepele with a maple accent strip. and the legs are made from some old oak beams reclaimed from sheet metal pallets,...

Nice!!!

Got any links to resources, videos, or general info on multiple point turning?

Not at all.

The stain is Minwax and the oil is Watco. That is what I had guessed was going on. The mineral spirits in the teak oil must've been crying as a solvent for the stain and it was wiping...

Well I'm a sheet metal mechanic by trade and can't imagine a situation where you and the snips aren't on the same side of the sheet metal. Even you are upside down and inside out and giving it a good...

In any case the snips are one the same side of the sheet you are on. So...

A pair of reds will cut counter clockwise, which happens to be easier in the right hand so you not cutting away from your center. Green cut clockwise and thus visa versa. Yellow handled snips just...

Somebody? :(

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Ok, so this morning I woke up and went to look at my table and it seems that once the oil had soaked into the wood it started greying in spots in between the grain. What is this all about? Will that...

I already need to refine my staining practices. I apply a liberal coat of wood of wood conditioner then apply a liberal helping of stain and wipe clean after an appropriate time (under 5 min). I...

I will look into that. Thanks for the heads up!

I think it's designed the way it. The collet and the nut are two parts of an assembly that fits onto the shaft. The router came with two interchangeable size collets. When I spin the nut and remove...

Sorry for the late update. The problem isn't so bad any more.

It seems that I do need to loosen the collet all the way because it was getting stuck down in the funnel shaped receiver that...

And don't forget your flame thrower for zombie insects and small animals.

http://weinterrupt.com/2012/01/zombie-bees-discovered-by-scientists/

Heck yes! But a good distilled spirit starts with a good fermentation.

I thought about this and you may want to make sure that armored truck is a diesel so you mod it to run off of vegetable oil.
Also, unless you reload your own ammo a 9mm is a must because it has...

So what do you guys think about a spar varnish like spar urethane?

But in the case where furniture is being sold; customers dont want to buy products that require constant maintenance. What finishes would you recommend then?

I've never used a varnish before. Why would you want to mix stain with the varnish when you can just stain then varnish in a two coat process. Wouldn't the results be better that way? That's the way...

Well, they may not be good for all types of wood...

I think they aren't.

This makes good sense.

What kind of problems?
So your a fan of polyurethane?

I suppose. I guess my theory is just born from the fact that a lot of people mention using all these natural sounding exotic oils and waxes.

I've been perusing the wood finish threads and noticed there isn't much talk of simple stain+polyurethane methods. What's the reason for this? This is the most common type of finish I'm familiar...

Edit: I said jack plane but was confused, I meant a thickness plane or as you fellas call it, a thicknesser.

Ok, will do. Thanks. I'll report back after I do so.

How will it not bend the little retaining ring at the top by forcing the nut against it?

The way it's installed in the photos is how it came from the factory. I've never changed it since I bought the router.

Just so we are on the same page; when I say flush, I'm not talking about the gap in between the boards being joined. When I say flush, I'm talking about the surface of the boards at the joint. I'm...