Pete
I have never seen blue dyed wood that retains the color all the way through the wood. The only other thing I could think of with coloring your inlays was to temporarily glue the inlay in,...
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Pete
I have never seen blue dyed wood that retains the color all the way through the wood. The only other thing I could think of with coloring your inlays was to temporarily glue the inlay in,...
Pete
Aniline wood stains only penetrate the wood a little bit. I will give you a good example:
On a highly flamed/fiddleback piece of maple that I put aniline stain on, let dry and then...
Jeff
I completely understand. Whatever works for the budget. Just spraying clear coat out of a spray can over your signs will probably work just fine and not cost much.
Mike
Aaron Beaver
I have a Fine Woodworking magazine finishing book that helped me with this very thing. It was a collection of finishing articles put out in book form. I read this around 18 or so...
Jeff
An easier way to make signs is visit the local sign shop that will make you(cut out) the size of vinyl words you want and then you just stick them on the sign. This type of lettering is not...
Kurt
I use professional spray equipment for most of the things I do. It sounds like you do not have any of this type of equipment and just want to use spray cans.
I have seen a product in...
Jeff
First I want to say what I'm going to suggest might not be compatible to spray over the paint you have used on the sign. Spraying one type of finish over a different kind of finish is not...
Kurt
I have bought glitter(in dry form, just glitter) from the automotive paint shops and I just poured/mixed the desired amount of glitter into the automotive paint I was going to spray on cars...
I like hearing a few of the same brands getting mentioned over and over like Sorby, Glasser, Oneway and Packard.
Thanks
Mike
Jim
Thanks for this information. Sorby I'm familiar with. Lee Valley seems to try and offer exceptional tools no matter what the brand name is.
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Mike
What are your favorite brands of lathe/turning tools new and vintage?
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Mike
Thanks to all the people who responded to my question about carving tool brands they prefer. The books I have on carving simply do not mention any brand names at all.
Pfiel, Two Cherries, Addis,...
Mike
Mike Burton talks about tool hardness in his 'Architectural Carving' book. He mentioned Grandpa's straight razor being made of high quality steel that was made as hard as possible. He said...
Mike
Thanks for telling me about the older tool brands. So far I have only bought three books on carving: Wood Carving by William Wheeler and Charles H. Hayward. Relief Carving by David...
I'm going to buy a carving tool set with a mallet. I may just buy a few pieces of carving tools and not buy a complete set. What are some of your favorite brands of carving tools? I want something...
Vaughn
Shiraz does extremely nice work. The inlay work on the Shiraz guitars is as nice as I have seen on anything. That's right up there with the PRS Dragon guitars inlay work(for those of you...
John
One of the best books on building acoustic and classical guitars that I have ever seen is called: 'Guitarmaking Tradition and Technology' by William R. Cumpiano and Jonathan D. Natelson. I...
Shiraz Balolia
You are the owner of Grizzly Industrial Inc? I used to be a dealer for John Suhr electric guitars. I seen a Grizzly ad with John Suhr in it at one time, so apparently he is using...
Brian Hale
Everyone has mentioned pretty much every chainsaw mill on the market except one. Go to www.forestryforum.com and search for the GB chainsaw mill posts. A few of the guy's over there...
By burning the wood I assume you mean using a torch with a ton of soot coming off of it(less oxygen) to fume the wood with. You can cover the wood in black soot and wipe it off, then apply a clear...
Jason, I have twenty years of finishing experience which is mostly on electric guitars. This is always dealing with well seasoned wood, so moisture is never a problem regardless of what finishing...
Ron Ainge
Actually I'm not aware of the Box Elder family of trees having flamed wood. I will have study up on this one. I guess I spent too much time with the popular guitar making woods: Hard...
Thanks for telling me.
Mike
Thanks for all the good posts above. I ask because it is nice to have stock on hand that you can let sit around for a few years until it is stable and ready to use. I would like to buy bowl blanks...
The Grizzly fits my needs and budget. The Laguna is wonderful, but it is very expensive and far more bandsaw than I really need. Four to five years from now I may need something like the Laguna if...