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You could call it The Misty Monster :cool: Tagline: Watch out for the truck!! Seriously though, that's a great new build option :nod::tup:. The spiral ss wire is a clever idea. How is it held in place? Just friction? And what's the ID of the heater cover? It's Wong WeeK here at Brainiac...

Yet more fresh ideas and innovation:tup:. That Misty Button is looking really great :clap: Done any testing with it yet?

Ha! So that was the final straw, was it? :D Been cutting and drilling glass today. The dremel jig worked fine but the wind got up a bit and was blowing the water coolant stream about and had to move the water pipe in closer to the drill. Cut 3cm off the bottom. Also trying out a new...

:goat:+;pd;=:science: Some nice finds there, Bloke. I bought a bamboo straw recently and my OD 8mm ss tips fit snugly in the existing hole. Anything that saves drilling that hole down the centre of a stem is a boon. You get one extra-long stem from each. Great for givaways. Getting...

Got your work cut out, eh @Megaton ? :D Tidy refit on that mahogany unit Bloke :tup: Matching base, too. And, as I understand it, the glass core build is especially good for expressing flavour :love: Safety first indeed! You should always wear one of those safety masks if you go anywhere...

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...