cedarhorseworkshop

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  • Birthday 01/27/1989

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    Faith, SD
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    Turning, guitars, bottle openers, and many more.

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  1. I'm wondering if anybody has experience using both paint and BLO on a woodworking project. I make bottle openers and would like to paint parts of them and finish the rest with BLO. Can you apply BLO over the top of paint or will it ruin the paint job? I know that paint can't go over BLO, but what if I applied the paint first?
  2. No problem Jmc. K Cooper, I'm not too far from the Black Hills, so pine is cheap and easy to find. Hardwoods like walnut, mahogany, and cherry are harder to find and they are more expensive. I guess I haven't done much comparing since I don't have a reference, but it's at least affordable. I know building that farmhouse table out of something like oak or walnut would cost an arm and a leg. About the only thing that's affordable to build with the other woods are coffee tables, end tables, small crafts, etc. Yeah, we definitely don't have many trees up here
  3. That's what I usually do too Mike, just some color and then wipe off the excess.
  4. Ah yeah, that's going to be a nice little shop. Is your back to a garage door or walk-in? It'd be nice to have some ventilation. I don't know why, but with a woodshop I've never been able to handle fluorescent lights. Yellow lights just make everything pop and look better. I work in an old abandoned house, complete with lead based paint and sinking basement (), so it's complete with huge 150 watt yellow lights. Good luck on your project! Hopefully you can get the pictures resized so we can see more.
  5. Cedar is also good for instruments where there won't be a lot stress on it. It works well for flutes, recorders, etc. It's not hard enough for guitar necks or anything like that, but for wind instruments it produces a low vibration that is not the loudest sound you can get, but it's very full and deep.
  6. We made a 10 X 4 ft farmhouse table out of pine that turned out pretty nice. It's all the budget could really handle at that time. It cost about $250 in supplies to build. It's really nice and I hope it stands the test of time...we'll see. If I were building a nice dining room table for a house where the youngest kid is at least in his teens, I would build it out of walnut or cherry. However, kids can be pretty hard on that stuff, so we went a different route for now. Huge, cheap, and not to worried about dings and such. Just depends on what you want! Good luck! P.S. I followed two different DYI plans online to build the tabletop of one plan and the pedestal supports from another. Here are the two sites: http://tommyandellie.com/?p=2582 http://ana-white.com/2012/11/plans/triple-pedestal-farmhouse-table
  7. Ha, thanks Tim! McQ, is that a real possibility? I did quick search and didn't see anything. I'd hate to spend that much and then have no company for customer service.
  8. Thanks for the information guys, I really appreciate it. Byrdie, was it possibly raw linseed oil? I've heard of the taking a very long time to cure, but never the boiled stuff. Mr. Woodsap, I'm going to give that 50/50 thing a try this week, that sounds pretty cool. If plain poly is going to have the same effect, it would have to be brush-on, wouldn't it? Would a spray can have the same penetration?
  9. I've searched the forums and can't seem to find anything on this topic. I read that shellac works well over the top of BLO, but I haven't read anything about polyurethane. The project I'm thinking of trying this on is very small. It's a wooden bottle opener. I apply the BLO on the lathe and am wondering if polyurethane will work over the top of the cured BLO. I'm looking for the added texture and look of the oil finish but I also want the protection of the poly. I've heard that it's a good idea to let it dry for about a week. Has anyone tried this before? Good results?
  10. Thanks a lot guys, this is great information. We have great farm sales out here in the Dakotas that will be really great sources for used tools. Luckily, I know enough about electronics and welding to where I'd be able to repair and restore most of them. I think I'd find a good old heavy table saw or band saw pretty easily. The item I've been looking at getting from Grizzly is a lathe. At farm sales, the only lathes I've seen are really old and take a lot of time to even put a piece in the machine or change speeds. My budget could potentially be higher for a lathe, so I'm looking for a full lathe with all the bells and whistles: stand, chuck attachment, dial speed adjustment, etc. Thanks MikeM, I'll check out the Powermatic models. TimWood, I apologize! My name is Luke and I'll poke around to get my profile changed to reflect that.
  11. I'm new to this forum, so forgive me for my ignorance. It's great to be part of the community, I'm looking forward to some great discussions. I've become very frustrated with power tools in the last decade. I'm only 25, but I still have the old tools that my dad bought 30 years ago that are still working really well. When I buy new power tools, the don't last very long and it's hard to figure out what the good power tools are. When I was younger, it was easy... Dewalt & Stihl With everything made in China now, what's the best brand name in tools? Where can I find quality? Dewalt is now a generic brand like the rest of them. STIHL is still pretty good, but I don't need to buy a chainsaw right now. Specifically, I'm looking for a lathe, table saw, and bandsaw. I heard Grizzly was a good brand, but their $200 model is exactly the same as the Harbor Freight model, which isn't very good. Can someone recommend some good tool brands for these three tools? I'd really appreciate it.