Thanks, all of the Olive I use is salvaged from the firewood delivery pile, if we drive the car back to Blighty any time next year I'll remember to stick a couple of logs in the car and we'll try to get them to you (presuming you're in the UK)
I did actually build a a small Aluminium foundry from a Tin bucket, inside a made a thick wall from a mix of plaster and sand with a hole in the centre for a crucible and a side hole for a metal tube leading to a hairdyer... the crucible i made from an old fire extinguisher, the middle was...
Hi, The ring i always attach using a 2 part epoxy, sometimes on finials too, but mostly Gorilla glue (shape depending)
I use firstly Yorkshire grit (be sure to work it away from the wood as it can stain the wood black) then Hampshire sheen to really polish, i do know in time tarnishing will...
All materials found at the dump.. Handmade frames for recent drawings, scrap wood, glass, mount + fixtures and fittings, half lap joints, scorched with fire, tinted with acrylic paint and denatured alcohol. All made with cr@p found at the dump.
Pine lidded box tinted using cheap acrylic paint but diluted using denatured alcohol instead of water for better colour penetration and quicker drying, finished with Shellac, ebonized Walnut finial.