Lazurus
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I use this method a lot on Horse shoes prior to welding, I just chuck them in a bucket with warm water and a dollop of citric and leave to stew.
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Think I will stick with what I use now
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I am a big fan of easy composites but happy to try a recommended supplier
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What resin did you use and the supplier please?
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Yew is inherintly one of the most stable woods when drying I have found, also it is a great choice due to colour and grain for this type of furniture, one of my favorite timbers to work with.
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For the spheres that I turn I just use air dried timber, usually burrs, I guess it depends on what you are doing and how stable the wood is as if it is a river table or shelf if the wood was to shrink it may pull away from the resin - If I was doing a table I would do the usual of keeping the wood in the room the table was going to be used in for a couple of weeks or so to stabilise, other wise I would aim for 10 - 12% if the location is unknown.
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Me to?
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New Hilux- any DPF issues doing mainly short trips.
Lazurus replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Arb-Trucks
I had a EGR and DPF "delete" done 2 years later and 25k still no issues, sailed through the MOT and no more warning lights. -
Ok I am going to go to him qwith a price of £1400 hung in joinery softwood. As for the glazing I think off the shelf beading is the way to go rather than trying to rout from scratch - is acrylic better than glass for the glazing? Will post some pics if I get the job. Cheers All
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Ok a collegue at work has asked me to make some doors for his newly built cart shed - whilst I have the tools and ability to build them I have no idea about pricing. Been asked for 2x doors similar to the image below from cedar or similar as opposed to softwood, the door frame size is 2.19 x 2.74 m. I have no local supplier of exterior grade timber so ask for any help or guidance on materials and pricing would be appreciated, would like the job but dont know where to satrt as all my jobs are normally in softwood, and easy to work out how much the materials are, then I just bung on a few quid to cover consumables, but this one I would like to do "proper". If not I will pass him to a local company but I would like to see if I can be competative.
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You will need a very different system for turning chisels to carving chisels and plane irons - turning chisels I use a creusen slow speed grinder with white wheels and a simple sorby jig. 15 seconds and i am back on the lathe - a tormek or similar is way too slow to be of any use on turning tools - not a one size fits all when it comes to sharpening tools.
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On Friday was told I was assisting on a informal family Clay shoot on the estate. Hmmmmm this event needs a trophy methinks, so fired up the lathe and knocked this out. It was presented to the best shot of the day and went down very well. It was a block of spalted ash that had been kicking around the wood store as it was too split for a bowl.
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Great results, must admit I have never tried over more than a few inches, next time I am tinkering I will do a distance test.
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The neon transformer you need is one that supports an open circuit I made the mistake of buying one which is "too" safe and will not put out the voltage in the desired manner. I ended up importing one of these Conestoga Works - Lichtenberg Figure Wood Burners 2017 CONESTOGAWORKS.COM Conestoga Works Purveyor of Vacuum Systems for the Wood Worker. Vacuum Chambers, Vacuum Kilns, Vacuum Pumps... about as safe as 12,000 volts can be
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As you say valued by the turning fraternity, there was a Benedictine monk who used it exclusively for huge bowls they were very impressive. Monks use Internet to market their bowls WWW.IRISHTIMES.COM The Benedictine monks of Co Limerick's Glenstal Abbey have turned to the World Wide Web to find a market for their...
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https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/98219-chilling-chinese-milling/?tab=comments#comment-1466130 How about investing in a cheap chainsaw mill? can be done on a budget as my link shows, great results for a few £`s may just fit the bill for you.
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Ideal for making house signs and the like
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Nice boards, makes a change for them not to split.
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Yes the tank did have a lot of pressure in it when I opened, when pumping the bulb it wouldnt send enough fresh fuel through so the vapour lock sounds the culprit, just wanted to check if I needed to strip and check the fuel lines for holes etc, but sounds like it just doesnt like the sun> My Thanks.
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Ok was running my saw last weekend, it was a hot day and was working around a marsh so pretty humid to, after the first running was a pig to start, done all the usual checks only thing I could see was air bubbles in the fuel feed pipe when I pressed the primer bulb. When she did fir ran perfectly at tickover and WOT, but again after stopping was a real pain to start. On return home in the evening I couldnd replicate the fault, no air leaks that I could find, certainly no fuel leak, fuel pick up in tank all ok and started first pull every time. Could that air have been something to do with the heat, or is there an underlying fault??? Its only a cheap DIY 14" saw but runs a dream, anything further I could check or would explain the bubbles in the fuel feed which stopped when it cooled off later in the day.... Hmmmmmmm curious!!
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Why is swearing on this site not being picked up????
Lazurus replied to 5 shires's topic in General chat
A bit long winded but means the same.... Genesis 1:22. God blessed them — Behold the cause of the continuance in existence, and of the fruitfulness and multiplication, of the sundry kinds of creatures! It is owing to this word only that, though thousands of years have rolled away since their creation, not one species of them, amid so many, has been lost. Hence the inclination in every creature to propagate its species, and hence the wonderful and tender care they take of their young, till they are able to provide for themselves! So that, notwithstanding the daily great consumption of the creatures for the food of man, there is still such a succession of them, that the innumerable multitudes consumed for our use are not even missed. How wonderful that Being who is the author of this fertility and plenteousness! -
Why is swearing on this site not being picked up????
Lazurus replied to 5 shires's topic in General chat
What about having replacement words - you could still be expressive without using the direct word. Most swear words create their own atmophere, you never hear "F**k off" he hinted. -
Stunning work as always, great finish on the stair spindles - is that straight from the tool?
