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A fewtouch and turn boxes I've made for Christmas.

If your looking for a blue stain that allows the grain to show through, try India Blue Ink. Beautiful dark blue colour.

cutting up a 3x6 plank of Spalted holly for boxes. Found this . Those fungus sure create some neat patterns.

well worth watching the video for a good laugh. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thisisthat/canadian-entrepreneur-finds-international-success-selling-firewood-for-1000-per-bundle-1.3219747

Sometimes used for fence posts because of it's rot resistance. Love this stuff when 1/4 sawn. Beautiful grain highlights and not as prone to tear out as flat sawn. Would love to find some more of this for my own use, but it's a rare tree around this area and hard to find.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iotye7dvAQ

Sorry about the pictures. Taken with my iPad and can't seem to get them to orient properly. Actually lowered the height of the legs from the original plans. Was afraid something would fall off. Supposed to be a sofa end table 33" high. Legs looked unstable to me. Ps: might have managed to reorient them.

Was fun to make. My first attempt at furniture, so I figure I did okay. And no idea if things will fall off. Haven't used it for anything yet.

My modest little entry in a local woodworkers guild 2x4 build. 1/4 sawn fir, blue India ink stained legs, natural colour rail and top. 22hx14x14. 2 coats of poly sanded each coat, then waxed.

Apologize if I seemed a bit vague on the technique. I'm still learning and experimenting. I go through all the tutorials on the technique as I can find. Google and YouTube are my go to resource. Here's some of the vids I watch to learn. https://m.youtube.com/results?q=flaming%20and%20patinating%20copper&sm=3

No secret. Jewellery making 101. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC7loc95PTvQQBkEpuR-HU0A Just do what I've done, go through the demo's and practise

Not the same kind of resist for circuit boards. That resist requires a chemical ie: acetone to be removed. The aceton would remove the patination. On the copper I 'm just using a paper template attached with wood glue. The wood glue doesn't completely adhere to the copper so it can be removed easily with just plain water. I can then chemically fume the copper. For etching I just use a sharpie permanent ink pen.

Highlander, deliberate. Used a resist for the dragon then chemically patinated.

The chain saw and trimmer, anti vibration hand grips for bicycle motorcycle handle bars work great.

Having had to do this myself. Saw kerf.