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Trade or Common Name: Purpleheart, amaranth, violetwood
Local Name: Nazareno
Botanical Name: Peltogyne spp.
Family: Caesalpiniaceae

Hi, I need some help , Im making a smokehouse out of oak, and I dont want to just let it weather into grey , anyone know what I can use to maintain the oak look without causing any ill effects on the...

I have always used canning parafin wax , not a candle, candles have alot of impurities and are generally a hard wax. Ive never tried soap but the soaps stateside are really soft

Only certain types of wood can be used as bedding for horses, it must be 100% free of walnut shavings and dust , bedding a horse in walnut and various other woods can cause the animal to die, there...

Paint the ends with any paint you have, it will help seal the end grain and make the drying process much more even to prevent end checking

if you were in the us id say it was shaggy bark hickory

has it dawned on you yet although you have made a beautifull table, now that you have the "BUG youll prolly send alot more on tools than you would have originally on the desk at Coco's?:eek: but all...

No I have no experience on a metal lathe, but I am a purchasing agent and outsourse machining as a job. I was referring to a CNC lathe.

you can radius all four corners on a lathe to get a perfectly round ring, just takes several setups changing from internal to external chucking, and visa versa

There are machines made for rolling round bar, but finding someone with one of those is probably not the problem, you are trying to work with an extrusion , the more bendable alloys, 3000 series are...

Very nice job for the first attempt, I agree with some of the other posts that the legs look out of place, but its overall a great job, would make a nice sewing table for the wife with the drawiers...

BTW midge a turkey and a chook arent the same animal , chooks are chickens, male chichens are roosters, these (turkeys) there are hens and toms bout 4-6 times the size of a chook are their cousins.

Deffinatelly not sassafrass by the bark, appears to be Hickory, do you have those down under?

Any ideas for end tables that match? I saved the other piece of purpleheart for these, 18" x 48", along with some of the maple , thought about reversingn the comvbination , but the same basic thing...

forgot to mention , dont try speeding it up with the oven and baking it, makes for a cracked mess and firewood, i tried that

I have used formbies hand rubbed "dung" oil on many projects and i love it, dries relativelly fast, in about 8 houres, and its a great finish , you can look at my other posts, the tukey call i posted...

well, thats not water based poly, i scrapped that stuff, thought i posted to that affect earlier. I used spray on 2 part genesis from sherwin williams

Well, here ya go its finally done, hope the shine is acceptable , you feedback is much welcomed

well they are also good for calling cuyote in,,,,@@ finish is drying on the bloodwood one now, had to redo it

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the inside is hollow and the paddle is curved , you drag the paddle across the sides to make the sound, best likened to a very loud fingernail across a chalkboard,,,

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your neglecting to put into your equation the fact that you can only hunt turkey in the US for about 10 days out of the year, they are very smart birds with keen eyesight and hearing, 2 million of...

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If you lived in the states, you would know that the turkey population is out of hand and needs controlled, but that is beside the point, I told you I dont hunt them , and yet you make...

Well a turkey call is a device used to lure Tom or male turkeys to you when hunting them , it clucks , purrs, yelps , kee kees like a hen ,as I dont see any others on this forum , I assume either...

Heres my most recent box turkey call, sides are Lacewood, and the paddle and bottom are Makore , a special thanks to matrix on this one for helping me with the photos so i could post them

See...

Can someone help me crop down some photos so i can upload them? IM on my craptop with no photo editing proggies. let me know and Ill send them to you if you can help

Well,

I dont like the final outcome of wipe on poly for this project, normally I love it, but I want this table finish to look and feel like glass. Ill be happy if I can look at the top and see...

well ive cussed the finish i selected to no end now for over a week , it keeps fish eying, i finally picked up the ro sander and 80 grit paper and went back for fresh wood with out that crap on it ....

I purchased a scrollsaw for my Girlfriend to get into woodworking with last fall, I looked at all popular brands here in the US, and what I found was supprising, the best tilting table , easy to use,...

Im sorta speaking out of my league here, but i will get a definitive answer for you by tommorow, it shouldnt matter with the powdercoating unless its a vertical surface, the powdercoat will lay down...

This isnt directly lathe related, but the thread reminded me of it, any guard you can put on to help , DO SO , last summer I changed the blade on my band saw and i was in a hurry to finish a seat for...

On the subject of burried lines, in the states we had so much trouble with that, that they took the maps away from the utility companies and hired it out to a company call OUPS in my state, Ohio...

Don,
For what its worth , I have a router table and dont use it very much... I wish I would have mounted my router into my existing tablesaws wooden table extension and used the tablesaws fence...

Cliff,
I was by no meaning trying to tell you not to figure for the drop in voltage , just giving you a rule of thumb, If you wish to calculate it , I found many online sites that will do it...

Cliff,
I dont know how you figure it over there, but in the states, its boils down to this, 30amp underground cable is one thing, and yes you would need to consider voltage drop @ 120 meters ,...

Good cabinet makers dont use MDF or paint , they use SOLID HARDWOOD and a fine finish .

sorry , you asked .

HELP!!!!!

I am trying to finish a coffee table that I waited patiently on the finish for , finally arrived and I am having trouble with it getting Pock marks, or very large "fish eyes" in , ive...

Why in gods name would you want to hide worm holes? are these "worm holes" or termite channels? Wormy holed wood is hard to come by and is very sought after in the states, if you have beams worth of...

Im not stearing you away from tackling this job, more power to the homeowner who doesnt hire anyone for anything, but if the tiles are $4000 and I had any doubt in my abillity id have it done by a...

Whats a stubby?

I am using a water based urethane finish from Primeline chemical systems, called woodtuff , it seems to be ok so far, easy to work with , water clean up , no smell , ( a little bit, about like tile...

Theres a picture of the initial coat on the bottom side,was playing with the new finish , PS .. NO thats not a can of the finish in the picture...

Well , im taking a gamble with the width, i couldnt bring myself to cut such a sizeable flat piece down to make it in sections, the center is ONE board, i have its twin brother to cut in half for...

**##&&$#%%$#$# No finish yet, I think ill scream if if doesnt deliver soon ...


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Anyone have a good source for Bubinga with waterfall figure? Its hard to find here in the states, wondered if it was the same there.


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I am making a few assumptions here, your blade may be dull or the reason you are having trouble with both the jig saw and band saw is you may be pushing the work or saw in either case too fast, let...

Peter, Ill post several pic from different views as soon as i have it finished, was hoping the parcel with the finish would arrive today as i want to do a sample piece first to make sure i like the...

No , its not veneer, its one solid chunk , the breadboard ends are floating , ill let you know if it splits.

Heres my try at a birdseye maple and purpleheart coffee table, ready for the finish , waiting on the mail man to get here with it this week.

Well its ready for the finish , if it ever arrives from Washington State. .....

Ern, I found a finish for floors called WoodTuff that claims to block UV, but i have not tried it yet, I have also read that you can spray Armor All onto purple heart to protect it from UV raysn...