Brass and Purpleheart Pinch Sticks

Those are beautiful, Bill. Great work!

-- Dave - Minneapolis

Bell of the Ball, nice job, some Lucky person gonna get really gifted there.

Thanks for posting, and your blog on this was awesome.

-- Think safe, be safe

Bill,
These are great! Be sure to include the 2018 Marking Tool Swap in your tags!

-- Mike, A Yooper with a drawl, http://www.artcentergraphics.com

Bill,
These are great! Be sure to include the 2018 Marking Tool Swap in your tags!

- mikeacg

Done – thanks

-- Bill - Rochester MI

Bill your pinch sticks are so elegant and look to be every bit as functional and sturdy. The brass knobs on the ebony and brass blocks against the aluminum and purpleheart beams make a nice contrast.

Nicely done!!!

-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"

Very beautiful, very useful!

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

Very beautiful, a notable addition to any tool collection.

David

-- No one plans to fail, they just, just fail to plan

Very nice, Bill!

-- Let good people watch good videos!

Bill – what was your process to maximize the color of the wood? I am milling for a desk surface right now.

-- A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.

Sand down to 600grit then 4 coats of Wattco finished off with Johnson’s Paste Wax on the Purpleheart sticks. Brass, Ebony, and Pink Ivory to 3000grit then polishing rouge followed with paste wax.

On my next project I may switch over to Zinnsear (Bull’s Eye) Sealer, and Arm-R-Seal with 2000 grit final sanding, and a coat of Behlen’s Deluxing compound (wax). EarlS uses this method and his stuff comes out absolutely beautiful.

-- Bill - Rochester MI

wow…very nice

-- Matt -- I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam

Love these sticks Bill. A simple tool but the materials and quality of workmanship make them elegant. One of the gems in this swap IMO :-)

-- Kenny, SW VA, Go Hokies!!!

These turned out awesome, I love em!

These are really pretty and look useful.

-- Allen, Colorado (Instagram @bobasaurus_woodworking)

Really great useful items Bill! Well done! Congratulations on a top 3 as well.

-- "Duck and Bob would be out doin some farming with funny hats on." chrisstef