31 May 2010
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I am always rather jealous of woodturners as they are able to get the most wonderful finish on the most difficult of timbers.
Just look at the tearout which my usual bench plane caused on this piece of Pink Ivory wood.  It is a turning stick bought from Yandles at Martock in Somerset. One of my sources says that it is one of the rarest commercial timbers in the world, extremely dense, with a specific gravity of 1.04. This piece also had a distinct ripple. My friend Bob Seymour, who has taken all the photos for my articles, turned the majority of this handle while I finished the precision taper on my Myford.  This long paring shape is my favorite and was the proto type for the Lie-Nielsen model. The joy of these chisels is that you can make any handle shape you like. Best wishes, David |
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| posted by davidcharl at 15:17 | comments [3] | |
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| posted by mark white | 5 Jun 2010 at 18:36 |
what finish did you put on the handle? Mark W |
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| posted by davidcharl | 5 Jun 2010 at 18:50 |
Mark, Good question. As it happens I used one of my secret weapons. There is no finish in the conventional sense. After fine sanding I used Liberon Burnishing Cream. This is sold for removing scratches in applied finishes, but it works very well on dense exotics. I think I got the original tip from David Pye, who mentioned using Brasso, on some of his exquisite boxes. The Liberon Burnishing Cream smells very like Brasso! best wishes, David |
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| posted by mark white | 6 Jun 2010 at 11:32 |
I believe you did the same thing to your winding sticks, which I saw at Westonbirt, it produces a very smooth finish. I wonder if Brasso and Burnishing cream are the same thing? Kind regards, Mark w |
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