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I made a new sign for the dog watering station at the front of the house; we've been here a year and a half so the old "under new management" one wasn't really appropriate any more. I think it's bubinga, CNC carved, painted gold, sanded back, polyacrylic brushed over everything. On two keyhole hangers.

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A project for a friend. He has a Bull Terrier which is a great dog, but prone to chewing the furniture when left alone. They use a wire crate but it looks kinda naff if the living room and wanted a more ‘furniture‘ looking version. This is my take on a solid oak dog crate. Water proof liner ‘just in case’.View attachment 137332View attachment 137334View attachment 137335View attachment 137336
That's what is classed a full -0n " Waftam " "What a fuc...g waste of time and money".
Just get rid of the dog or give the owner some serious training !
 
Thanks for the kind comments.

Everyone seems to see something in the Pepperwood Burr. Someone pointed out a warthog which is obvious once you spot it and when looked at the other way round there is a Yoda in there!
 
So today I decided to try a little experiment, I turned a very very thin (1mm) little cherry pot, it's still fairly wet so fully expect it to split, in fact it started splitting before I finished soaking it in teak oil, I then wrapped it in the oily paper towel, filled the pot with the wet shavings then wrapped it all up in plastic and put it up on a shelf. Will check on it in a few months to see how much it moved.
 

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So today I decided to try a little experiment, I turned a very very thin (1mm) little cherry pot, it's still fairly wet so fully expect it to split, in fact it started splitting before I finished soaking it in teak oil, I then wrapped it in the oily paper towel, filled the pot with the wet shavings then wrapped it all up in plastic and put it up on a shelf. Will check on it in a few months to see how much it moved.
Be sure to update us when you check it!
 
Another first for me - I used some deep pour resin on pine cones. The resin used is not supposed to require a pressure pot or anything external, just mixing and pour leave 5-7 days.

Well there were more bubbles than I care to admit and turning it was....challenging for my ability.

I thought about not posting, and at one point thought I'd have nothing to post anyway!

Still I have managed to produce something, nowhere as thin as I'd like or the shape I wanted, or the finish I wanted but it is something so I'm happy but not happy!

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Regards

Padster
 
Another first for me - I used some deep pour resin on pine cones. The resin used is not supposed to require a pressure pot or anything external, just mixing and pour leave 5-7 days.

Well there were more bubbles than I care to admit and turning it was....challenging for my ability.

I thought about not posting, and at one point thought I'd have nothing to post anyway!

Still I have managed to produce something, nowhere as thin as I'd like or the shape I wanted, or the finish I wanted but it is something so I'm happy but not happy!

Here ya go: View attachment 137664View attachment 137665View attachment 137666

Regards

Padster
One of the issues with epoxy can be air coming out of the wood/other item being embedded. The epoxy on it's own could well have sufficiently low viscosity and long set time that the bubbles will settle out in time. However the air in the cones is getting hung up on the cones, or slowly appearing after the epoxy has thickened up and hence not settling out. I've seen folks dip/coat the items in faster setting epoxy to prevent this prior to them being cast.
 
Two more podlets today, both from 1 piece of silver birch, the stems aren't quite as thin as I would like but I've had quite a few failures recently so decided to be cautious today, one finished in Danish Oil. Last pic is of my little storage shelf of podlets I have left, ive gifted quite a few recently.
 

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