Comments for For The Love Of Wood http://www.edwardssmithfinewoodworking.com/blog A Blog for Woodworkers and Lovers of Wood Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:53:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Dustin Coates: A New England Treasure by Edwards Smith http://www.edwardssmithfinewoodworking.com/blog/2008/10/02/dustin-coates-a-new-england-treasure/#comment-23 Edwards Smith Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:56:40 +0000 http://www.edwardssmithfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=24#comment-23 Thanks for your comments, Aggie. To get color in defects I use a product called Inlace. I get mine from Craft Supplies in Colorado. It is a two part resin with the colored material in one of the parts. It is similar to Bondo which is used to repair car dents. It machines well. However, I try not to put the resin much above the surface to be repaired as it tends to chip and fracture if the gouge trys to remove too much material in one pass. It will sand well and take any kind of finish. Another caution and that is to use a respirator when using the material. The solvent is potent and not so good for health. Your respirator should have a cartridge for chemical solvents. I tend to do my patches the last thing in the day and then leave the shop and allow the air to clear overnight. As soon as you use it you will notice that your shop smells like an auto body repair shop. Being a retired medical man I am very health conscious. Dust and fumes are not good for the lungs and I always wear a respirator for dust when I am in the shop and I put on the chemical cartridge when I work with solvents. Another solution is to use epoxy mixed with fine wood dust from your sanding. One worker I spoke to at a craft show referred to this wood dust as "maple flour." To this you can add colored pigments of any variety. Use a spatula to push the mixture into the defect and allow to dry. You may need more than one application but the sky is the limit as to colors you can achieve. Thanks for your comments, Aggie. To get color in defects I use a product called Inlace. I get mine from Craft Supplies in Colorado. It is a two part resin with the colored material in one of the parts. It is similar to Bondo which is used to repair car dents. It machines well. However, I try not to put the resin much above the surface to be repaired as it tends to chip and fracture if the gouge trys to remove too much material in one pass. It will sand well and take any kind of finish.

Another caution and that is to use a respirator when using the material. The solvent is potent and not so good for health. Your respirator should have a cartridge for chemical solvents. I tend to do my patches the last thing in the day and then leave the shop and allow the air to clear overnight. As soon as you use it you will notice that your shop smells like an auto body repair shop.

Being a retired medical man I am very health conscious. Dust and fumes are not good for the lungs and I always wear a respirator for dust when I am in the shop and I put on the chemical cartridge when I work with solvents.

Another solution is to use epoxy mixed with fine wood dust from your sanding. One worker I spoke to at a craft show referred to this wood dust as “maple flour.” To this you can add colored pigments of any variety. Use a spatula to push the mixture into the defect and allow to dry. You may need more than one application but the sky is the limit as to colors you can achieve.

]]> Comment on Dustin Coates: A New England Treasure by aggie http://www.edwardssmithfinewoodworking.com/blog/2008/10/02/dustin-coates-a-new-england-treasure/#comment-22 aggie Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:17:20 +0000 http://www.edwardssmithfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=24#comment-22 love your work.. do you do any like turquoise or teal inlays???? love your work.. do you do any like turquoise or teal inlays????

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]]> Comment on Sharpening by keith http://www.edwardssmithfinewoodworking.com/blog/2008/09/23/sharpening/#comment-7 keith Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:19:19 +0000 http://www.edwardssmithfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=19#comment-7 I'm glad to have happened upon your site. I was intrigued to see that you attribute your ability to mess around with wood to your learning transcendental meditation. There are many paths to working with wood. :-). Anyhow, this is my quick hello. Keith (www.woodtreks.com) I’m glad to have happened upon your site. I was intrigued to see that you attribute your ability to mess around with wood to your learning transcendental meditation. There are many paths to working with wood. :-). Anyhow, this is my quick hello. Keith (www.woodtreks.com)

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