Curly walnut and maple canister...

Finished a couple more pieces last week. They can be seen over in alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking or on my facebook page (no facebook membership required).

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The walnut had some end checking which I filled that with brass shavings and CA glue. I tend to "enhance" defects to turn them into accent details rather than try to hide them with wood filler or sawdust. That never seems to work for me. One thing that's always bugged me about using superglue for cracks is it runs so freely that you get a slight variance in the sheen when you finish it. This time around I applied a coat of shellac before using the CA glue. Shellac dries fast, and filled the pores so any wayward CA was on the surface, not in the wood. After the shellac was dry I applied the CA to the brass filling, then made a couple of finish cuts to even everything out, sanded to 600 and applied the final shellac finish coats. Worked pretty well. Should have tried it years ago!

The maple piece is finished with Minwax Tung Oil Finish...

...Kevin

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Kevin Miller
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> > The walnut had some end checking which I filled that with brass shavings > and CA glue. I tend to "enhance" defects to turn them into accent > details rather than try to hide them with wood filler or sawdust. That > never seems to work for me. >

Before I fill a crack with CA, I take a white wax crayon and apply to the end and both sides of the crack. It does the same as the shellac and is ready to use instantly.

Larger voids and knot holes I fill with epoxy, adding a drop of black dye to the mix and add turquoise pieces and brass clippings.

Love the canisters.

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Gerald Ross

Crayon's as in kids crayons? Think I'll give that a try. Cheap, easy and pretty foolproof! Thanks for the tip.

Thanks...

...Kevin

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Kevin Miller

On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:31:21 -0600, Kevin Miller wrote (in message ):

I use 5 minute epoxy mixed with powdered brass. Pack the stuff into a crack, finish turning, sand and buff as usual. You have some very attractive cannisters. tom koehler

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tom koehler

Thanks Tom. I've used 5 min epoxy before too, but these were just thin hairline cracks. I'm not sure that I'd have been able to get a sufficient amount of glue into the cracks with epoxy. The thin CA wicks in nicely. For bigger voids though, epoxy is definitely a great solution...

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Kevin Miller

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