Woodworkers cup

[Dale Lynch]

Hey fellas, I made a couple mugs out of pine and walnut. the mug is end glued and splined with shedua with a one peice bottom.the handle is walnut , I profiled it off an old disston handsaw.One of my coworkers asked me if I could make a cup to drink mead from that he's brewing.I said sure I'll give it a try, how big do you want it?

 

[David350]

Very nice, and of course the handles are awesome...

 

[Lucky2]

Dale, you've done a great job on these two mugs, especially the handle, way to go.

Len

 

[leehljp]

I LIKE that. And the handle is perfect in shape and contrast!

What kind of finish is on it?

 

[mark james]

Beautiful work...again! Wonderful creativity. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Snowbeast]

Make sure you install a liquid-proof lining or you'll end up wearing that mead rather than drinking it! And that would be inexcusable alcohol abuse!!

Nicely done BTW.

 

[Dale Lynch]

Thanks fells,glad you like'm.

Hank, one started off with a coat of BLO, other than that the same routine was used on both.

sanded to 220 on the handle,320 on the mug.Applied a heavy coat of antique maple gel stain,worked it in good.3 generous coats of mineral oil till dry on the inside. then 2 coats of butcher block cond. leaving till dry all over. I took the pics too soon because I'll also apply 2 coats of soft wax on the outside.

Shouldn't have to worry about seepage I hope.There's no endgrain on the inside.gotta water test them still.

 

[Dale Lynch]

Welp,looks like I posted my work before I should have.Failed the water test(frowney face).Looks like the bottom soaked it right in,sweelld outward enough to split a joint.The other faired better and only split the bottom,staves still tight(still,frowney face) though.Gonna try and epoxy coat the inside,see if one of them is savable.Dunno at this point.

 

[Lucky2]

Hmm, I wonder why the bottom sucked up so much moisture? There's no end grain there, to soak up more than the sides. But I suppose that it shouldn't surprise me all that much, it is made out of pine after all. Some type of resin will do the trick, just make sure, that you remove any wax you used. I do hope that you try to save them both, let them dry for a couple of weeks. Then have at'er. They do need to be well dried, to use any resins for the fix. Or, you could end up just wasting your time and the resins or epoxies.

Len

 

[Fish30114]

The only two of these I ever made I coated with Alumalite on the entire mug--that has worked beautifully according to the friend I gifted them to.
Maybe worth a try for ya!

 

[Dale Lynch]

The only two of these I ever made I coated with Alumalite on the entire mug--that has worked beautifully according to the friend I gifted them to.
Maybe worth a try for ya!

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind for the future.I have been in the process of refinishing them with envirotex lite pour-on epoxy.I just did the water test on one of them and it passed.I will post pictures of them again when I get both done plus a smaller walnut one.Took about a week to get two coats on due to cure time between coats.