Wrapping up two projects this month. #1: I took my ancestry DNA test and purchased masks from the regions it indicated I’m from, sliced them up, cast parts in glass and reassembled the masks. I promise no antiques were harmed in this project! The glass was cast offsite. Can’t wait to get more glass kilns!
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Another Beraht Stream Table has made it to the finish line after a few trips through the Space. The Cherry Lake Diner began as an estate sale find with a great pine pedestal base and a warped wood top. Milled the top flat on the Multicam, then added distressed cherry in a way to create a “lake”, flattened everything down again on the Multicam, then finished the base and apron in an espresso color while keeping the cherry natural. Added some Caribbean Blue fire glass and a 1/2" thick glass top and it’s all ready to find a new owner!
Finished table is 54" diameter, 31.5" tall, pedestal base is 22" square
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Gorgeous!
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The butcher block lives. Unfortunately now that its together I don’t think the legs work with the top. This was my first time turning legs. The top is 7" thick end grain walnut. Started with 56 bd ft of 8/4 rough walnut and this is the finish. Huge thanks to @jeffbob for the mesquite I turned for the legs and huge thanks to @mblatz for the lessons on turning. I love the legs and I love the top, i just don’t love them together.
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They are really cool legs. Kudos for some masterful wood turning.
And this NOT a criticism, but when the casters are to the side, I’m reminded of the leg lamp in A Christmas Story.
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Looks good but I think you have it right about the legs.Leave them on for a while and see if you get used to them.If not, now you can turn some walnut ones and then I can get you a nice slabof mesquite to put under them.
Do ya think the butcher block is thick enough? LOL.You did well and learned in the process.
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The bartender sure is eyeing it with a silent nod of approval.
Just as a curiosity, roughly how much do you reckon this weighs?
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A couple of cutting boards, I think these are the best ones I’ve made yet. There’s a good bit of figuring on the edgegrain.
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I’m guessing about 120 lbs. Same weight as your average piece right?
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That’s beautiful. What is filling the cracks?
Its a blue/green pearl pigment in resin. The cracks are lichtenberg figures I burned in, which is also what gave some of the wood a darker tint even after apply wood bleach.
The resin was very slow setting and first time I tried it on a curved piece. Gravity was not kind and there was a lot of slop I had to clean up which I ended up sanding away a lot of the finer tips of the burn.
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I scored a spot in @Webdevel’s passport wallet class tonight (Monday) and had a blast! I feel a foray to Tandy Leather n my future.
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Good ole cutting board. This (and one other) are my first ones. I’ve been avoiding making one but I can see why they are popular! Fun and easy project. In my opinion …100% of the battle is sanding. OMG my hands hurt. (LOL)
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So cool! Is there a class on this I haven’t seen or just watched vids and replicated?
Had a try at a round frame as a special request from a customer. I need to figure out how to paint cnc’d MDF to this finish (what this is), as bought online they aren’t cheap…
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The current print issue of Family Handyman magazine (Winter 2018) has a step-by-step cutting board article.
edit - maybe it’s “winter 2019” - it’s out there on some sketchy web sites as a pdf so I won’t post a link, but it’s there…
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