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thank you. the thing i like about using recycled wood and pallets in particular is that it comes with a history and with character. to loose that would be a shame. when you have to work with the imperfections it forces you to work around them and the outcome is something unique and interesting...

im really happy with the texture that the burning and brushing left. funny enough, all the boards came off the same pallet and after taking it apart i was able to put them all in the order they were sawn off the log. pretty unusual to find 8 perfectly matched, sequential, quartersawn boards off...

i finally got an excuse to use that quartersawn oak. needed a small stand to put our snakes cage on. i wanted it to match the other one as they are right next to each other. the oak hat some active beetle infestations, bummer. the boards are all only 1/2" thick so i decided to burn them with a...

the Philippines was just a random tropical place off the top of my head, but you get my drift. there are indeed a lot of flimsy pine pallets out there. but there are good ones mixed in, you just have to keep your eyes open.

thanks all. just regular shipping pallets Butch. ive got a pile of really beautiful quartersawn oak stashed for the next project. a long time ago i found a bunch of pallets made out of (i think) eucalyptus, really awesome wood, but hard as a rock. they are made out of whatever is cheap and...

just wait till you see the recycled house im building;).

been a while since anyone posted in this thread. i thought i'd throw a couple of my most recent projects on here. we moved not too long ago, and we needed a coffee table and a stand for our lizards cage. ive always liked the idea of using pallets as a resource, and ive done a few projects with...

looks like it came out well. nice job.

i think i read that article. funny how peoples perceptions can be steered (manipulated) so easily. "I like a sheen on furniture, and the Jasco did a good job. I'm not optimistic that an oil finish will serve very well for spoons subject to heat and moisture." i agree Jay. the spoons i have...

ive used the jasco brand, and i loved it. used it for quite a few projects, then i couldnt find it any more. mostly im lazy, and when i moved i didnt look very hard. i did try some non dryer, and some other brands with dryer on some of my bowls and spoons. i prefer the old standard...

nice, thanks. ive been experimenting with tung oil, but it is very inconsistent from manufacturer to manufacturer.

beautiful. i know you've said before but, what kind of finish do you use?

that's really cool. i don't know if ive ever seen an urushi object first hand. ive seen lots of pictures tho, and ive always been fascinated by the stuff. seems like the ultimate eating ware finish. one thing ive wondered is if you could make something similar with poison oak, they are related...

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nice! i started doing it when i was living in my camper van a long time ago. great hobby, not many tools needed, free materials, and limitations set onl by your skill and imagination (and spoons are easy to give away).

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i tried that, and i found that the sureform works better. drawknifes and spokeshaves work well but require a drawhorse/shavinghorse.

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it is a type of adze as far as i know.

i have seen clips of that video. looks like loads of fun... if you have some company. i think i would go nuts by myself. check this guy out. he puts me to shame! <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie"...