January 5, 201412 yr That is possible here that it is a way to dry the wood, but it was done with hazardous chemicals and definitely used to beautify the material. The term is fumed and I am pretty sure there isn't much heat applied, if any. Hence the appeal to the woodworker and chemist Edited January 5, 201412 yr by luvdunhill
January 5, 201412 yr It looks like it's wood "smoked" with ammonia fumes: http://www.djmarks.com/stories/djm/Fuming_Wood_47692.asp http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAmmonia_fuming&ei=D7TJUvGtHZHxoATJjYLABw&usg=AFQjCNEm6Gvecy_2dsoKVMe0IROfVTfIUg&sig2=_qFWAlEUImkcrCAETkVaXw
January 5, 201412 yr Author I am certainly up for that. No problem with the chemicals, and lots of extra fume hoods that I can seal and then evacuate safely. Great for oak and such, but that seems boring. need to find out what it is going to do with my favorite hardwoods. Probably only one way to find out.
June 3, 201412 yr Author because tyll's kgss absolutely needed a wood knob, I sent him the one I made out of Arizona desert ironwood. Which left me without one. So I had to make one, and I made another ebony one. black and white ebony and snakewood hopefully tomorrow. http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/knobs5.jpg
June 3, 201412 yr Cool. I love desert ironwood. The handle of my Randall is made of desert ironwood. Not sure if it is from Arizona.
June 4, 201412 yr I have a bit of rattle in my knob and was wondering if anyone had a solution (… stares at swt61 …) I am using the Keystone panel bearing which seems to be comfortable with a 0.25" shaft and measuring that same shaft on my micrometer is amazingly 0.250". The shaft of the knob is 0.240", so we're talking about a 5mil gap. Ideas: some sort of adhesive teflon or even teflon tape? heat shrink (probably a dumb idea) some part buried at mcmaster-carr that fits the bill perfectly?
June 4, 201412 yr The problem of a shaft that fits loosely into a hole, is one I've had exactly zero experience with. Teflon tape is going to be very difficult to keep in place, while fitting the knob onto the shaft. I would try some masking tape, as I think it'll hold onto the shaft better.
June 6, 201412 yr Author http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/knobs6.jpg bocote, lignum vitae, redheart snakewood,arizona desert ironwood, ebony black and white ebony red mallee and cocobolo as soon as they dry out. Edited June 6, 201412 yr by kevin gilmore
June 6, 201412 yr The Teflon tape seems to be working. The problem is that it isn't super durable even after 10 or so layers it took to get the right diameter. It worked perfectly for a bit and now has slight rattle.. it's like the tape is compressing with use. I will leave it for now I guess...
June 7, 201412 yr bocote, lignum vitae, redheart snakewood,arizona desert ironwood, ebony black and white ebony Your haiku is imperfect.
June 11, 201412 yr http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/knobs6.jpg bocote, lignum vitae, redheart snakewood,arizona desert ironwood, ebony black and white ebony red mallee and cocobolo as soon as they dry out. That B&W Ebony is beautiful. Just stunning.
July 17, 201411 yr Author more wood aging over the ventilator at work http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/dsc_0780.jpg steve would be proud
July 17, 201411 yr Author from the left Arizona desert ironwood lignum vitae from craig in the UK new piece of lignum vitae Tasmania blackwood ebony red mallee redheart cocobolo jersulaem olive wood orange pekote
June 28, 201510 yr Red tiger eye knob (FYI not for T2) ...and a chunk of some nice blue tigers eye stone I just got, for to make more knobs.... Edited January 20, 201610 yr by Milosz Restored photo removed by board software
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