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footfootfoot · 10-22-2016, 04:16 PM

Some more stuff, up close and personal:

One of the tops, I am experimenting with color. I have an ass-load of oil paint and am considering using that as a stain or semi transparent color. it is a bit challenging and drying time is slow. I added japan dryer and that sped things up, drying on hours rather than days, but an alcohol based stain would be much faster. However I want to use what I have on hand to keep the cost per unit down. I need to balance that against my time. Since application takes more or less the same amount of time, the drying isn't as much of an issue, I can put them aside.

I think the color, while it obscures the wood, makes the tops more fun. This one is transparent, the opaque top in the previous photo is probably how the other colors will be applied.

Next, we have Tea lights. The branch type will be in sets of three, slightly varying heights with differing species of wood by set. Birch, Apple, Ironwood, Cherry, Locust, Elm, etc.

The other one is turned from Douglas fir. There is a timber framing place nearby that sells 4x4x4 wrapped pallets of off-cuts (mostly pine and doug fir, some oak) for $50. some of the timbers are as large as 12" x 18" x 48". I've got a buddy with a truck who will help me fetch some.

Close up egg cups

Close up shot "glass" I'm debating of whether or not to finish them. Anything that would resist alcohol and washing would be tasting. Beeswax would work, but would add a mild aroma which may or not interfere with your drinking pleasure. Unfinished would work as maple is pretty odorless. It would require careful handling, i.e. rinse and dry right away.

Still thinking about this one.

10-22-2016, 04:16 PM	#22
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Some more stuff, up close and personal: One of the tops, I am experimenting with color. I have an ass-load of oil paint and am considering using that as a stain or semi transparent color. it is a bit challenging and drying time is slow. I added japan dryer and that sped things up, drying on hours rather than days, but an alcohol based stain would be much faster. However I want to use what I have on hand to keep the cost per unit down. I need to balance that against my time. Since application takes more or less the same amount of time, the drying isn't as much of an issue, I can put them aside. I think the color, while it obscures the wood, makes the tops more fun. This one is transparent, the opaque top in the previous photo is probably how the other colors will be applied. Next, we have Tea lights. The branch type will be in sets of three, slightly varying heights with differing species of wood by set. Birch, Apple, Ironwood, Cherry, Locust, Elm, etc. The other one is turned from Douglas fir. There is a timber framing place nearby that sells 4x4x4 wrapped pallets of off-cuts (mostly pine and doug fir, some oak) for $50. some of the timbers are as large as 12" x 18" x 48". I've got a buddy with a truck who will help me fetch some. Close up egg cups Close up shot "glass" I'm debating of whether or not to finish them. Anything that would resist alcohol and washing would be tasting. Beeswax would work, but would add a mild aroma which may or not interfere with your drinking pleasure. Unfinished would work as maple is pretty odorless. It would require careful handling, i.e. rinse and dry right away. Still thinking about this one. Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs Last edited by footfootfoot; 10-22-2016 at 04:38 PM.