effen gorgeous as always - careful though, you don't want to give away too many craft secrets for free😀
Thank you...I thought you might enjoy seeing that work. As with most things knowing what to do is the hard part...doing it is easy...
Oh boy that's so true. I spend weeks paralyzed, not knowing what my next step should be. Then one day the mind flashes this great idea and my project (in this case a guitar amp) is rolling again.
Evan, that is a sensational piece. Thanks for sharing.
Without giving away your secrets, am I looking at sand on a hotplate to get that burnt gradient in the walnut?
Without giving away your secrets, am I looking at sand on a hotplate to get that burnt gradient in the walnut?
Love the way the beer is carefully arranged along with the tools!
Seriously I would love to be a 10th as good as you with wood!
Seriously I would love to be a 10th as good as you with wood!
bill, I'm thinking Evan knows better than that - my money's on a local artisian soda-pop, or designer Kombucha 
- actually not as bad as you might think -
- actually not as bad as you might think -Yes sand in a skillet to burn the wood. I wouldn't have a beer and then go for the table saw but when working on a "home" project with hand tools.....
So that's what it is. I wasn't following closely and thought the inlay was a different species (which it might be, but it's not normally that dark).
bill, I'm thinking Evan knows better than that - my money's on a local artisian soda-pop, or designer Kombucha
Dang. Thought I had found the secret to improve my marquetry!
would certainly make blood-red stains easy to achieve in small quantities, but unless you're running a SawStop* brand table saw, alcohol or wacky backy & anykind of power tool is a very stupid combination
*they make a great demo video, but I'd still have my doubts - I understand that by braking the blade, the saw, well, sorta breaks the blade and stopping block.
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The right shape carving tools don't just make it easier they make it possible.
I've seen the saw stop demonstrated. Looks OK but I don't have one.
The 10" 5 horse saw at my house seems like a toy compared to what's at the shop.
I've seen two amputations..... One coworker was picking up a stack of parts from the table of a turned off but still winding down 16" direct drive saw, slipped on the oily teak dust and lost all the fingers on his right hand. They salvaged three fingers and he now works with a "claw"
The other happened when I was taking the time to set up a back stop for plunge cuts on the 10hp martin shaper....I hear "just plunge in on the line and move forward" I say no way...well there was nothing to salvage of the two fingers of his that that machine ate.
The right shape carving tools don't just make it easier they make it possible.
I've seen the saw stop demonstrated. Looks OK but I don't have one.
The 10" 5 horse saw at my house seems like a toy compared to what's at the shop.
I've seen two amputations..... One coworker was picking up a stack of parts from the table of a turned off but still winding down 16" direct drive saw, slipped on the oily teak dust and lost all the fingers on his right hand. They salvaged three fingers and he now works with a "claw"
The other happened when I was taking the time to set up a back stop for plunge cuts on the 10hp martin shaper....I hear "just plunge in on the line and move forward" I say no way...well there was nothing to salvage of the two fingers of his that that machine ate.
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