Phattpiggies Wood Shed
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VanCough
Environmentalist
@phattpiggie is the mokume actually mokume steel or is it acrylic made to look like it?
VanCough
Environmentalist
Sorry @phattpiggie I still don't really understand. It just says it is an engineered composite? Meaning it's plastic?
M0J0
I am a leaf on the wind ~ watch how I soar...
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@VanCough Having worked the M3 with a wood chisel, file and sand paper all I can say is it's held together with some sort of resin.
No idea what kind as it doesn't 'ribbon' like an acrylic and doesn't smell like the stabilised Buckeye I roughed out.
It files and sands lovely, minimal ribbon but plenty of dust.
I had a failure today which is always sad but as I wasn't altogether happy with the end result of the Cobalt/Lava it got Twisted.
It's given the 'grain' another dimension.
No idea what kind as it doesn't 'ribbon' like an acrylic and doesn't smell like the stabilised Buckeye I roughed out.
It files and sands lovely, minimal ribbon but plenty of dust.
I had a failure today which is always sad but as I wasn't altogether happy with the end result of the Cobalt/Lava it got Twisted.
It's given the 'grain' another dimension.
M0J0
I am a leaf on the wind ~ watch how I soar...
Awesome stem! Does it have a soft finish, or is it a bit rough to the touch?@VanCough Having worked the M3 with a wood chisel, file and sand paper all I can say is it's held together with some sort of resin.
No idea what kind as it doesn't 'ribbon' like an acrylic and doesn't smell like the stabilised Buckeye I roughed out.
It files and sands lovely, minimal ribbon but plenty of dust.
I had a failure today which is always sad but as I wasn't altogether happy with the end result of the Cobalt/Lava it got Twisted.
It's given the 'grain' another dimension.
@M0J0 it's been finished with an 800 grit so it's smooth to the touch.
@needalift I sat down outside with Mrs. P.P feeling a bit pissed off and as far as I was concerned I was done for the day.
Ran a bowl and next thing you know I'm setting out a twist.
@needalift I sat down outside with Mrs. P.P feeling a bit pissed off and as far as I was concerned I was done for the day.
Ran a bowl and next thing you know I'm setting out a twist.
needalift
Well-Known Member
@phattpiggie that's the kind of attitude I wished I had all the time . It's commendable !! It's hard to come back from a costly mistake sometimes . The twist really does look great !!
@Ruta, @Ed's TnT and @RastaVapa you'll like this.
One lathe motor, in bits.
Nothing wrong in there. Turned out to be one of the coil wires had come loose.
No more starting it like a stationary engine.
One lathe motor, in bits.
Nothing wrong in there. Turned out to be one of the coil wires had come loose.
No more starting it like a stationary engine.
Thuy, thuya, bloody thuya. Lovely looking wood but it's still causing me problems.
It's ending up way too time consuming, this was the third attempt at an Omni sleeve.
It just randomly cracks.
It's ending up way too time consuming, this was the third attempt at an Omni sleeve.
It just randomly cracks.
GreenHopper
20 going on 60
Thuy, thuya, bloody thuya. Lovely looking wood but it's still causing me problems.
It's ending up way too time consuming, this was the third attempt at an Omni sleeve.
It just randomly cracks.
Still.... It looks awesome.
Diggy Smalls
Notorious
Wow that is lovely, but yeah that's a huge margin of failure. I can't deal with setbacks like that too often.
little maggie
Well-Known Member
I love my new pink ivory. I have way too many stems now since I got a wong from winegums but I may have to get back on your list. I keep hoping I'll find mu thuya. I live in a small apartment and my dog has me looking under furniture constantly for her rock so it must have gotten lost in an obscure place. I think it's one of the best I've seen.
@little maggie glad it all got sorted and I pleased you are happy with it. You should get the dog trained up to find such things if it happens again, I've threatened for ages to get a Springer Spaniel and get it's 420 nose on.
First attempt at a sleeve for the Eraser. A work in progress turned from Wenge.
First attempt at a sleeve for the Eraser. A work in progress turned from Wenge.
Had a delivery of wood arrive the other day and got another coming next week, then another to place next week. Not sure on the Cocobolo, it looks good on the one face and then you turn it round and all the lovely grain, colors and contrast all disappears. It's not quite what I was expecting.
Honey Bee Acrylic, Blackwood with exposed condenser. Just to see how it looked.
Honey Bee Acrylic, Blackwood with exposed condenser. Just to see how it looked.
M0J0
I am a leaf on the wind ~ watch how I soar...
So all Thuya is brittle? Like Glass? (inside joke - sorry, couldn't resist). So sad, because it's beautiful wood though.Thuy, thuya, bloody thuya. Lovely looking wood but it's still causing me problems.
It's ending up way too time consuming, this was the third attempt at an Omni sleeve.
It just randomly cracks.
Yes @M0J0, and having told me just how poor your relationship with glass is the last thing you needed to follow it up with was 'Wow man this stem so smooth, it feels like glass.'
I'll be able to incorporate Thuya into some other stem designs and anything with a thicker wall.
It doesn't get me down they broke or I've wasted a lovely blank and some money.
It's the time put into them that's way more precious.
Another wood, another story.
I had this 150mm Kingwood all done looking good when I pulled it off the mandrel it cracked, entirely my fault the bushes are tight to prevent any movement when turning stuff, but not every hole you put in a piece of wood is ever exactly the same.
What was tight on the Kingwood was just right on the Blackwood.
So a one piece stem got turned into Blackwood, Kingwood with a brass accent.
And because life's full of surprises the Blackwood had an inclusion in it.
I'll be able to incorporate Thuya into some other stem designs and anything with a thicker wall.
It doesn't get me down they broke or I've wasted a lovely blank and some money.
It's the time put into them that's way more precious.
Another wood, another story.
I had this 150mm Kingwood all done looking good when I pulled it off the mandrel it cracked, entirely my fault the bushes are tight to prevent any movement when turning stuff, but not every hole you put in a piece of wood is ever exactly the same.
What was tight on the Kingwood was just right on the Blackwood.
So a one piece stem got turned into Blackwood, Kingwood with a brass accent.
And because life's full of surprises the Blackwood had an inclusion in it.
natural farmer
Well-Known Member
Wow! Beautiful pieces @phattpiggie! I don't think the exposed condenser will prove practical though cause you know... HOT! Be careful buddy! 
And... I wonder how much reclaim can those long stems collect, much more than the short ones I would guess. A little weaker hits but oh my, what a bonus when cleaning!
And... I wonder how much reclaim can those long stems collect, much more than the short ones I would guess. A little weaker hits but oh my, what a bonus when cleaning!
