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[DBC]

great box.

the book matching reminds me of the Blake painting of the dragon and the woman wearing the sun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Red_Dragon_paintings

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

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.

 

[Lefley]

American Black Walnut and Pepperwood jewellery box

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Looks like a majestic grizzly bear in Burl! Nice box !

 

[Stigmorgan]

@Blackswanwood the close up shot looks like a bear, the pic showing the whole thing looks like a bearded man (to me anyway)

 

[sawtooth-9]

American Black Walnut and Pepperwood jewellery box

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Beautifully done.
That's a stunner and you should be proud !

 

[sawtooth-9]

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 !

 

[Blackswanwood]

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!

 

[gregmcateer]

That is stunning! I also love the bear/bison head inside

 

[Fitzroy]

Gruffalo, young children, too many kids books.

 

[Stigmorgan]

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.

 

[NickDReed]

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!

 

[Stigmorgan]

Be sure to update us when you check it!

Will do, school breaks up for summer in 6 weeks so will probably check then

 

[gog64]

@Blackswanwood thats seriously nice,and beautifully made, but there’s clearly some kind of freaky animal in the lid and he’s not happy!

 

[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:

Regards

Padster

 

[Jester129]

Padster, you ought to be over the moon, it looks great! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Stigmorgan]

@Padster I second what @Jester129 said, fir a first shot at resin that's gorgeous, rarely is anyone perfect at first attempt but if you don't like it that much send it to me, I'll happily pass it off as my own work

 

[Louisvn]

Padster, it is an excellent piece, well done.

 

[Fitzroy]

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

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.

 

[Stigmorgan]

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.

 

[Padster]

Another new 'thing' but this time simpler, just a tea light holder...

Regards

Padster