Work completed week of March 29th
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Work completed week of March 29th
The twisted laminated handles from last week had such a great reaction I am going for a production run. Two of these are spoken for. Since I started with six, and am down to four, let's just call this a learning experience.
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I am a fan of 2 part epoxy for this work. My cuttingboards get tilebondII
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Really Really( so nice it needed to be said twice) clean and professional looking!
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Thanks. Choose your handles... oh wait, they are the same. HahahWillison_Knives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:47 pm Really Really( so nice it needed to be said twice) clean and professional looking!
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haha!Bensbites wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:49 pmThanks. Choose your handles... oh wait, they are the same. HahahWillison_Knives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:47 pm Really Really( so nice it needed to be said twice) clean and professional looking!
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Thank you. Two are for Dakota. I was planning on keeping one and selling another one. Last night after I posted this WIP picture on IG someone said they wanted one of these. Who knows if I will keep the last one or sell it.
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These look very cool, great choice of woods, and seems original!
One question though, what's the rationale for epoxy over wood glue? Is it the African blackwood being too dense and/or oily? Usually wood glue like Titebond can make a bond that's as strong if not stronger than the wood, i.e. the wood breaks before the bond does.
One question though, what's the rationale for epoxy over wood glue? Is it the African blackwood being too dense and/or oily? Usually wood glue like Titebond can make a bond that's as strong if not stronger than the wood, i.e. the wood breaks before the bond does.
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Re: Work in progress March 29th
During my research on handlemaking I saw several comments that epoxy wat the only adhesive that could hold up to the heat generated during the sanding process. After several iterations in my methods this may or may not be applicable. Another factor is the glueup...you should clamp the tile bond which can lead to a loss of alignment. I press fit my pieces and check / fix alignment for the first 5-10 minutes.milkbaby wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:43 pm These look very cool, great choice of woods, and seems original!
One question though, what's the rationale for epoxy over wood glue? Is it the African blackwood being too dense and/or oily? Usually wood glue like Titebond can make a bond that's as strong if not stronger than the wood, i.e. the wood breaks before the bond does.
All that being said, you raise an interesting point that I might want to reconsider as I have refined my process.
Thank you,
Ben
Edit: after a wee bit of searching I found this link that might help some folks. http://www.wood-database.com/wood-artic ... hardwoods/
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this little row of soldiers will he heading to Etsy and the classifieds soon enough.
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Each awaiting duty! awesome work!
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