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Happy Birthday
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Playing with focus to get some decent cards for the IG channel. Will probably also generate a QR code for contact details on the back.
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Some glamour shots of the bench candy I brought home from Handworks.
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I know it is a long shot, but is anyone else going to the Handworks show https://handworks.co this weekend in Iowa?
Think I will drive out and check out all the toys and try to see the keynote.
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Laserguns are fun.
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Used the laser and started no forest fires. The fume extraction system I ordered comes from Canadia for some reason, so the dog sleds should have it here in 8 weeks.
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It will not really be seen, unless someone really tall stops by.
I will probably just make a cherry hat for it.
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I am at the phase of the project where I am trying to hide my design flaws. At this point the top of the cabinet has exposed cherry plywood that I want to hide. Tried a first fix with the left over walnut from the drawer front but it was not long enough to run across the whole top or thick enough to recess all the way into the gap. I cannot decide if I like the wood, or the design, but do not want to mess with a whole new cherry top to cover the plywood and endgrain.
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16 minutes ago, naamanf said:
Step one of failure is reading the manual.
Hey…Go guzzle some Peng Sheng.
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The cleat is baltic birch and I added 2” screws into the shelf aligned with the cleat.
Did a couple coats of finish today while finally building the XTool D1 Pro. Only now realizing I have no idea how to make it work or where the tube of Unicorn Semen is supposed to go, as it is not discussed in the manual.
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6 hours ago, Craig Sawyers said:
That is really neat. I'm a great fan of Sapele, but it can be a real bugger to get a good finish because of the cross grain nature of that wood. Because of that, putting it through a planer always produces tear out regardless of the direction of feed. I always end up using a scraper to get a good finish.
With that in mind - how did you get such a great finish?
I honestly have used Sapele in so many builds with so many finishes (Arm-r-seal, Odie’s, Total Boat Halcyon, Tried and True) and I have never had issues with getting a glass finish. The Halcyon is much harder to get this with as it loves to pool in crevices, but all manageable. May be the helical heads on the planer/jointer or just luck, but my only issue with Sapele is router work on the edges and getting chip out.
I do sand with 0000 steel wool between coats to smooth things out and do a bit of a flood coat on the first coat for the grain you reference.
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Woodworkers of Head Case unite!
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Spent the morning sort of woodworking. Thinking of selling these as a craft kit, as the cutting is by far the easiest part and the painting and gluing is a pain in the ass.