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15 years I think, at least ten plus years I have been turning, at times with cocobolo, and never once had any reaction. Life just got its own back. I was at a Game and Country show in Oxfordshire over the weekend, under canvas so in the shade, but was so hot I was wiping my forehead with the...
Two bowls done this afternoon the first a spalted bowl believed to be beech and the second Ash burnt on the outside and wire brushed the grain filled with "Hot Pink" wax and then a coat of woodwax over the top
Tried to be adventurous with some colours.
Far too hot in the workshop today. The inside of the bowl is not bigger that the outside this time :banana::funny:
Cobalt blue Italian acrylic, navy blue accents and nickel hardware. The clip for this one is fabricated from sheet, wire, and little accent spheres. (Heat the metal up hot enough and it balls all by itself!) This color is simply amazing - my iPhone photos certainly don't do it justice.
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Using my Dremel today at a slow speed started to get very very hot rubber side next to motor coil started bubble up :goesred: stopped it, let it cool down took out brushes they looked fine replaced brushes and ran it at a slow speed with no load on it still got hot, took apart and cleaned all...
Hi ... I was playing today and trying to turn some “ Cabbage Wood” which after looking it up seems to be some New Zealand tree..
Anyway as the shaving were coming of the were “*`”# hot.
Was I doing something wrong or is that normal?
Kevin :banana::
This pen is called Summit Fancy, and it's from Rockler. The blank is called Hot Pink Crush. I've never been a fan of filigree pens, they look gaudy to me. But I made a flat top version for my mom probably 16 years ago, and it's one of her favorites. When I saw this kit at Rockler, I knew I had...