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The Coffee Shop / Re: Loading a pickup truck in Brazil - 57 second video

« on: May 27, 2015, 11:55:18 am »

Ok that was something to see. Wow... I would NOT have tried that unless someone was shooting at me and I had to do that. It will be interesting to see how they take it OFF the ship hehe.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Eagle pattern by Steve

« on: May 25, 2015, 09:40:10 am »

Very nicely done Jim. That came out great. Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Sapele and Pine Spiral Basket

« on: May 22, 2015, 08:45:38 pm »

Cut from a glue up of alternating sapele and pine. The basket is 8 inches in diameter by 7 inches tall. The basket was sealed with tung oil then wipe on polyurethane.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: The cross

« on: May 22, 2015, 09:35:55 am »

Very nicely done Bruce. I like it a lot. Great choice to be donated. Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: how do I make stains

« on: May 21, 2015, 11:09:09 am »

There are many many different ways to make wood stains. Everything from using coffee,tea, shoe polish and food coloring, clothing dyes, and of course going out and buying wood stains of which there are many different kinds. Oil based, water based and alcohol based. Some woods like pine sometimes will not take a good even stain because of the resin in the wood, there is however a prestain treatment for it that really helps even out the staining. One of the easiest to do is to get some denatured alcohol and some regular food coloring. Add some food coloring to the denatured alcohol and you have a stain. You can add the food coloring to water however that tends to raise the grain of the wood. You can make your own colors by adding different food coloring to the mix. You will have to try it on a scrap piece to see how dark or light it will be and adjust your stain mix accordingly. Another popular stain is a watered down water based acrylic paint. This will give you some color yet allow you to see the grain of the wood. Here again it might ( probably will ) raise the grain of the wood a bit. There are as I have mentioned at the beginning many many different types of stains out there. You will just have to play around with them until you find one you really like.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Last Supper

« on: May 20, 2015, 07:59:59 pm »

Very nicely done Jerry. I am sure that this will hold a place of honor at the church. Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Introduce Yourself. / Re: Scroll saw blade clamps

« on: May 19, 2015, 03:36:43 pm »

Robert welcome to the boards. Have you checked out this Australian site for woodworking? http://www.woodworkforums.com/ there are some pretty knowlegable folks there that may have the information you need. Worth a shot.

DW

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Brag Forum / Bread Basket II

« on: May 18, 2015, 11:29:24 pm »

Cut from Bamboo ( end caps ), Birch ( dowels ), Pine and Mahogany ( Intarsia ). Finished with a wipe on Polyurethane.

I am working on the plans for this to include the intarsia.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Mothers Day Plaque

« on: May 15, 2015, 03:43:11 pm »

Nicely done Marg. Do you know what the font is that was used? Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Pine and Oak Ribbon Box

« on: May 14, 2015, 06:50:06 pm »

Cut from Pine and White Oak. The Ribbon was cut from 1/2 thick BB Ply and stained. The box is 4 x 6 x 2 1/2. It has been finished in shellac.

DW

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The Coffee Shop / Re: Bad luck...

« on: May 12, 2015, 06:46:51 pm »

Quote from: Marcellarius on May 12, 2015, 01:27:58 pm

Last Monday (May 4th) my left index finger had an encounter with the blade of the table saw.....
I'll spare you most details, but wasn't a nice thing to see that finger tip.
Not sure how it happened, but reminiscing I might have just tipped the blade with my nail and was caught into the spinning blade.
So in a split second I had a split finger... $:-\$
Bones broken, most of the nail gone...
Went to the hospital, doctors did stitch it for one hour.
healing is doing OK, although yesterday some parts seemed to turned black.
have to wait if this is bad or that good tissue will grow underneath.
today is the first visit to the forum again, want to let you know.

For the thrill-seekers I did add some pics...
LOL

Marcel I am sorry that your have been injured. You got very lucky and did not lose the finger. I have several people that I have known over the years that were not so lucky. Keep a positive attitude and keep safe.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Green Dragon Bank

« on: May 12, 2015, 05:54:01 am »

Quote from: JohnRB on May 12, 2015, 03:58:38 am

Hi DW, where did you get the pattern from, I would love to make one for my Grandson.

Cheers

John

John it is my own pattern. I have a stopper system that I use to get into the bank without having to take off the windows. Shoot me an email and I will get the pattern to you as soon as I redraw it to be presentable

DW

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Brag Forum / Green Dragon Bank

« on: May 10, 2015, 05:04:50 pm »

A customer commissioned me to make her 3 year old son a Green Dragon Bank. This bank I cut from clear pine, sealed with one coat of shellac and then painted with a metallic green acrylic paint. The coin slot was cut in the back between the wings and then a brass cover plate was put on. The bank is 10 1/4 inches tall x 8 1/2 inches long ( from tail to snout ) and 3 3/4 inches thick. It was top coated with semi gloss lacquer to help protect the bank.