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The Glass Core Maple Misty - a new Misty chapter begins :rockon: It'll be interesting to get your thoughts on ss core vs glass core but, no doubt, you'll want to do some thorough testing first :science:;) And, as Megaton said, it's fine looking piece :tup:

Wow! That came together really quickly. The maple looks good too. That's a very attractive unit you've got there :rockon: I guess you're running it through a dimmer? Approx what setting? And what diameter is the air inlet hole? A glass core is now definitely on my to-do list :nod: Glad...

It's looking good, Bloke :tup: I'm making a batch of ss heater covers today and, quite frankly, the job's making that glass core option seem very attractive :nod:.

Here's a useful bit of DIY modus operandi for that tricky little job of base well soldering. Drill a 1.5mm hole in the centre contact - indicated with the black arrow. Then the wire can be securely fixed into place prior to soldering. I've mentioned this before but it's so helpful that it's...

OWZAT ! (Translation: how is that. A cricketing term often used when a fielder catches a batted ball). Here's the latest Rustic iteration. This one's made from a length of local willow. Willow is, ofc, the wood used to make cricket bats :) I almost abandoned this one when a small crack...

Definitely - and a big thanks to the mods for being so accommodating :cheers:

Just when I thought I'd got enough to do making a halogen log with the glassware you sent me and now there's a glass core Misty on the to-do list :D. I've got a 14mm male/18mm female adapter which would do the job without modification - tho I guess a 14mm male/14mm male would be better, or...

No problem, my friend.

Here's the third unit in this set. A rustic holly. I've had a couple of attractive holly blanks split whilst drying so it's great to see this one thro to completion. It has a pleasing egg-shaped section at the top with a flared base. The colour is quite curious. In some light it's a...

Was not particularly excited about doing a rustic unit in ash. There's plenty of it about but it's available as handrail and it's a fairly bland off-white wood. So it was a pleasant surprise when this one turned out to be quite interesting. I'm guessing that the markings relate to the cambium...

More strangeness from the log lab at Brainiac Towers... In a post from Jan 2016 @phattpiggie mentioned a wood treatment process called ebonisation. Basically, you dissolve some wire wool in cider vinegar and then paint the resulting fluid onto wood. Or in this case a drilled blank. I'm...

That's excellent news :rockon: I'm so pleased Nick's feeling better. It'll also be great to see some new work from him. The HGLs he's posted on here are exceptional pieces of work. Hi Blu :wave: My very best wishes to you, Nick and the HGL :tup: :peace:

Just to add to that dismal catalogue.. Sadly, they didn't. Perhaps it's not wise to get too fond of an undried blank. I've now considerably extended the drying times to months rather than weeks so we'll see how that goes. Here's the latest batch. Apple on the left, six scots pine...

Well, I bashed out a few oak and pine handrail units and then got back to the Rustic project. This one's #4. It's from a branch of an apple tree that got damaged when the tree next to it got blown down in a storm. I debarked it, drilled base and heater wells and wrapped it in newspaper until...

Hi @blokenoname Big thanks for the kind words. That applewood unit wouldn't be there without the tutorials you've posted here and the advice and practical help you've given me personally :nod::clap: Yep, that step drill bit idea might just earn me a brief mention in The Complete History of...

The toil continues here in the log lab at Brainiac Towers and here's Rustic #4. It's applewood with little more done to it than the removal of the bark. Growth rings are just about visible at the top. Cut a step in the base well with the 30mm forstner for the plug and as you can see...

@ubardog Here's that OD 8mm ss tubing. .5mm wall but cuts easily enough. It arrived this morning. Checking the dates I see that I ordered it on the 25th May. Very glad to have found a (cheap) supply as I was running out of the pipe that Bloke kindly gave me. The quality's good but watch...

True. The primary cause of @Azn2101 's grief was not shorting wires. An over-tight jack put more stress on the wooden thread than it could bear. The thread stripped and the connector came out with the jack. Only when Azn tried to screw it back in did the circuit short (and the bird caging...

Thanks @Megaton . Did you try Bloke's screw heatsink method and did it work? I should give it a go. An additional advantage of having one of the wires insulated is that there's less chance of shorting and the thru hole can be narrower. Ha! They will have by the time I'm finished. Trouble...

Here's the latest batch out of the 'Log Lab' as I like to call it (or 'the spare bedroom' as Mrs B calls it:shrug:). I've got plenty of pine and oak handrail that needed putting to good use. The pine is shamfered, only 40mm in diameter and lightweight. The oak, by contrast, is properly round...