Katomi woodsmith
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Yea they certainly help with skew skills
Stig ...More snowmen for the paint kits today, got 50 done now so to change it up a bit I did a few a little differently. Will start making up the sets next week, hopefully the paint pots and brushes will come soon.
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I posted them a couple weeks ago, I call them plumbers hammers, the one in that pic is ebony and (I think) Holly, the bigger one I did is cherry and beech, both made without adhesive using the compression olive to fit the heads just as you would if the was being used with copper pipe, the handles were turned to the exact size so i could twist them into the piece and cut a thread intonthe wood.Stig ...
What's that fiendish plumbing 'T' piece object to the left of your Snowman army ?
I've got a cheap one from Ali Express aka Amazon and an expensive one and to be honest there is very littl difference in the readings between the two, not enough to worry about in my opinion,they both read 15%.No worries. I'd love a moisture meter but the good ones seem to be fairly expensive, I need to improve my dust collection and air cleaning first, then there's a whole list of tools and stuff I need
NiceMy wife has started making presents for her friends, here is the first batch.
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First of two day introduction to turning with a local professional. Today was spindle work making a honey dipper out of oak and a twig vase from some lovely yew.
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That Yew is stunningFirst of two day introduction to turning with a local professional. Today was spindle work making a honey dipper out of oak and a twig vase from some lovely yew.
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What did you use for the eyes ?That Yew is stunning
Watched a YouTube video by Andrew Mcarn over the weekend and decided to have a go at what he made, not sure it's as good as his but my waves edge was done by hand rather than using a rotary tool, I used a log of Mountain Ash that was so punky even once rounded it was never really balanced, even 320g sanding mesh was tearing out fibres on the white bits
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