Chippygeoff
Established Member
I am a step nearer to taking a radical step in my scroll saw work. I mentioned last week about the 3 day event I attended and what I had learnt from a wood turner there. Basically what I am going to do is use epoxy resins to fill individual letters begginging with a new range of name signs. I will add a pigment to the resin when I mix it up, in this case it will be poppy red and it will be applied using a syringe. I have already made the name signs, 4 boys names and 4 girls names and made them in beech. I have spent a small fortine on all the stuff I will need but it will enable me to do a few hundred items.
There is another process that is more or less the same as above but more complicated but the effect will be amazing. The individual letters will be multi coloured, like a rainbow effect. I have been in touch with a guy who is an expert on this process and he has invited me to his workshop next week where he will give me a demo and show me how it's all done so I am really excited about that.
The same guy will also show me how to achieve a metalic finish on various hardwoods that will also be stunning and give me the details of the one person in the UK who imports this stuff for wood turners. I will e-mail some photos to Steve who will very kindly post them onto the forum for me as I am useless at this sort of thing, can't be good at everything.
There is another process that is more or less the same as above but more complicated but the effect will be amazing. The individual letters will be multi coloured, like a rainbow effect. I have been in touch with a guy who is an expert on this process and he has invited me to his workshop next week where he will give me a demo and show me how it's all done so I am really excited about that.
The same guy will also show me how to achieve a metalic finish on various hardwoods that will also be stunning and give me the details of the one person in the UK who imports this stuff for wood turners. I will e-mail some photos to Steve who will very kindly post them onto the forum for me as I am useless at this sort of thing, can't be good at everything.
