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  1. Composite Countertop Pen

    This is the 31st item in my 30 day project/challenge & auction. ... oops. Looks like I forgot to stop! Actually I had started turning this about 1/2way through this challenge. I think it would have been the second Atlas pen I'd have posted… but turing this 3/4 (if not 4/4) thick blank down was...
  2. End Grain Cutting Board

    End grain cutting board made out of walnut. Finished with 4 coats of salad bowl finish
  3. Finishing
    I will be manufacturing a line of wooden laser engraved plaques. The more that I think about it the more that I believe that it would be better to put a nicer finish on them than what I will be able to do with a simple oil finish. My plaques average 8 in. x 16 in. So they are small products in...
  4. Woodworking Skill Share
    After spending about 20 hours building a project in the shop I decided to switch to a water-based finishing system to complete this job. The system consists of a sanding sealer, and dye based stain, and finish coat varnish. I thought I had read their instructions correctly and proceeded to apply...
  5. Finishing
    Sometimes we mix manufacturers when completing wood cabinet project finishes. A good example is a cut shellac seal coat before an oil or water based finish. Another is using a pore sealer not made from from the stain or finish manufacturer. As to topcoats, I have never been a proponent of...
  6. Finishing
    I have always been taught to sand projects to 320 grit, wet the wood with water, and then sand again to remove the grain that the water raised. This is my first time of seriously using a water based finish. Many years ago, I was given a quart of water based poly and played with it, but I did...
  7. Finishing
    I am adding a shelf to the bottom of my workbench to hold miscellaneous tools and eventually a cabinet for the tools. Normally we plane or sand equal amounts from each side of a piece of wood. We veneer both sides. We laminate both sides. And we finish both sides. If I put five coats of...
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