tdsmart
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This has been a back burner project for me for over six months. I finally gave it a try this weekend, following the great turtorial in the Library from Bill Bettag, A.K.A "Wood Butcher". Clear and concise step by step instructions, by the way.
The guts are from a Jr Gent kit. The wood came from a grab bag of stuff I bought from someone here a long time ago. I think it is a piece of Koa, but don't hold me to that. Since this was really an experiment, I used a cutoff piece of buck eye from an old project. It was stabilized, making it a tad bit harder to work with and darker. As suggested in the turtorial I put two coats of thin CA on. I've gotten out of practice with CA in favor of Wood Turners Finish so I had some lumps in it and decided to sand it back. Just used boiled linseed oil instead. The band is as it would be on a cigar, removeable.
The guts are from a Jr Gent kit. The wood came from a grab bag of stuff I bought from someone here a long time ago. I think it is a piece of Koa, but don't hold me to that. Since this was really an experiment, I used a cutoff piece of buck eye from an old project. It was stabilized, making it a tad bit harder to work with and darker. As suggested in the turtorial I put two coats of thin CA on. I've gotten out of practice with CA in favor of Wood Turners Finish so I had some lumps in it and decided to sand it back. Just used boiled linseed oil instead. The band is as it would be on a cigar, removeable.
