Here are some of the Christmas gifts I made this year, kind of last minute because we are trying to sell house and most of my tools were removed from the garage and placed in storage .
Here is a chessboard I made for my son, it is made from Peruvian Walnut and Curly Maple. The top was made using the "strip and rip" method using 3/4" lumber and then glued to a 1/2" plywood backer board which was then placed into the Walnut frame. The top was finished with Watco and beeswax/coconut oil, the sides were finished with BLO/spar urethane/thinner mix followed by spar urethane. So the sides are glossy but the playing surface is matte.
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Here are a couple of pens I made for my kids. Both of the inlay kits were mad by Kallenshaan, the puzzle pen was for my daughter and the music notes one was for my son. Both are magnetic Vertex rollerball pens and were finished with a BLO CA finish.
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Here are some pens I made for my coworkers. They are all Sierra pens made with Birdseye Maple and dyed with food coloring and/or analine dyes and finished with BLO and CA.
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And the last one is for me, my wife bought me a new lathe, the new Rikon 70-220 VSR. Since it is much larger than my last lathe, the Nova Mercury, I needed a new stand for it and rather than spend the $180 for the dedicated stand I spent $30 for some lumber and screws and came up with this.
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Bill
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