Just buffed the LAST one of the three...
This was the 1st one turned and in drying, the base cracked and about half of
the base fell off..

I spent about 4 hours with sandpaper and CA glue this morning, hiding the
crack/glue joint as much as I could..

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mac davis wrote:

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Nice job, though!

This is probably a dumb question, but since this is cocobolo I assume
they're for decoration only. The oil in the wood would or would not allow
you to ever drink from them.

--
Mike
Watch for the bounce.
If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
Old Air Force Munitions Saying
IYAAYAS
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:29:04 -0700, "asmurff" wrote:

This is probably a dumb question, but since this is cocobolo I assume
they're for decoration only. The oil in the wood would or would not allow
you to ever drink from them.

Yep.. to be displayed at a winery...

I think they'd be food safe, though, as long as the carnauba wax didn't wear off
and they chewed some of the wood off.. ;-]


I tell everyone that this stuff is made for decoration, but probably won't hurt
you to toast someone with it..


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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:26:57 GMT, B A R R Y wrote:

mac davis wrote:

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Nice job, though!

Thanks... It almost matches the other 2.. *sigh*


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reaally nice work Mac. What did you use for the finish?

Kevin Cleary
"mac davis" wrote in message
...
Just buffed the LAST one of the three...
This was the 1st one turned and in drying, the base cracked and about half
of
the base fell off..

I spent about 4 hours with sandpaper and CA glue this morning, hiding the
crack/glue joint as much as I could..

Free at last, free at last.. commissions SUCK..


mac

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"Kevin Cleary" wrote in message
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reaally nice work Mac. What did you use for the finish?


Agreed - real nice - perhaps one day, Ill be able tu turn like that [ sigh
! ]

Merry Xmas all and pfft - Bah Humbug

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:49:17 GMT, "brian white"
wrote:


"Kevin Cleary" wrote in message
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reaally nice work Mac. What did you use for the finish?


Agreed - real nice - perhaps one day, Ill be able tu turn like that [ sigh
! ]

Merry Xmas all and pfft - Bah Humbug

Really not that hard, Brian.. except in this case for the size...
They were made out of 12" pieces of 4x4" cocobolo each, so you can figure how
big and HEAVY they were on the lathe..

I learned in a few weeks, on scrap pine 3x3" stock...
Just a bowl and a disk with a long pen body between them..


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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:57:00 GMT, "Kevin Cleary"
wrote:

reaally nice work Mac. What did you use for the finish?

Thanks, Kevin..

No real "finish" I guess...
Just cocobolo sanded to 1,200 and buffed...


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Looks beautiful and if you hadn't said anything about the crack, no one
would have known. Can't see it. Nice job.

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
Just buffed the LAST one of the three...
This was the 1st one turned and in drying, the base cracked and about half
of
the base fell off..

I spent about 4 hours with sandpaper and CA glue this morning, hiding the
crack/glue joint as much as I could..

Free at last, free at last.. commissions SUCK..


mac

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:38:18 -0500, "Jack Casuso"
wrote:

Looks beautiful and if you hadn't said anything about the crack, no one
would have known. Can't see it. Nice job.

Thanks, Jack..
Lots of coffee grounds, CA glue and sanding..

I was trying to hand sand it and just decided to take a chance and put it back
on the lathe..

Vac chuck in the bell as a jam chuck and very shallow point on live center...
made the sanding scary but a lot more even..


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Beautiful. Looks fantastic and if you hadn't told us, we would never have
known about the crack. Not visible in the picture. Nice job!

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
Just buffed the LAST one of the three...
This was the 1st one turned and in drying, the base cracked and about half
of
the base fell off..

I spent about 4 hours with sandpaper and CA glue this morning, hiding the
crack/glue joint as much as I could..

Free at last, free at last.. commissions SUCK..


mac

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mac davis wrote:

Just buffed the LAST one of the three...
This was the 1st one turned and in drying, the base cracked and about half
of the base fell off..

I spent about 4 hours with sandpaper and CA glue this morning, hiding the
crack/glue joint as much as I could..


Wow, nice recovery. I'm always amazed at how brightly polished turned
wood can become.


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Bad enough when you mess up your own stuff, it's worse when others are
waiting for something.

--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:21:37 -0700, Mark & Juanita wrote:

mac davis wrote:

Just buffed the LAST one of the three...
This was the 1st one turned and in drying, the base cracked and about half
of the base fell off..

I spent about 4 hours with sandpaper and CA glue this morning, hiding the
crack/glue joint as much as I could..


Wow, nice recovery. I'm always amazed at how brightly polished turned
wood can become.

thanks.. I'm So impressed with the Beall system...
I did an outdoor "working show" today and it was tough figuring out what to take
and what to leave..
The beall went, for sure..

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Bad enough when you mess up your own stuff, it's worse when others are
waiting for something.

Yep.. especially cocobolo blanks at $40 each..


mac

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