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Timoe's Mini Sticks
Timoe:
--- Quote from: javeryh on October 08, 2007, 09:07:08 am ---Gorgeous as always... where do you get those clear buttons from? They are really cool. Also, care to share your varnishing process? Is it just stain with poly? Tung oil with poly? The wood is beautiful.
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I get the Seimitsu parts from www.akihabarashop.com - great vendor and you can get anything that Sanwa or Seimitsu sells from him.
As for the Varnish, I do not stain. Rather than try to make a wood look like another species, I just use the species I want it to look like. :D For a brown wood, I use Walnut for a purple wood I use Purple Heart, etc.
I sand the stick down to 320 grit and get everything as perfect as I can, then I clean it with Mineral Spirits. After that evaporates I apply Oil Based Polyurethane. Using a Danish Oil, Tung oil, etc is not needed as the oil based poly will bring out the grain the same way. I sand with 320 between the first 5-8 coats then I move up to 400grit between coats. I have gotten to the point where it is glass smooth on the last coat. I cant remember which coat that is though, probably like coat number 12 or higher. I lose count.
On this Walnut one, I sanded from 400grit to 600, 800, 1000, 1500 and then used rubbing compound, glaze and wax to get this:
Kaytrim:
--- Quote from: javeryh on October 08, 2007, 09:07:08 am ---Gorgeous as always... where do you get those clear buttons from? They are really cool.
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Those buttons come from Japan. They are Seimitsu PS-14-K and come in a variety of translucent colors. Everyone wants the clear ones though for the ability to include the artwork inside the plunger like Tim did here. If you are looking for the clear ones you can find them at LizardLick.com. Otherwise you can place an order with akihabarashop.com/ for one of the other colors. I believe that they are no longer being produced, they are not in their new catalog.
The replacement though has the clear plunger with a solid color bezel. PS-14-GN (30mm) and PS-14-DN (24mm)
TTFN
patrickl:
That "polished walnut" looks stunning too. The dovetails are cute too and they look very precise. Amazing workmanship on all your "sticks".
bfauska:
That walnut looks like a rendering, and the way I can usually tell if something is a rendering is that it looks too perfect. :applaud: Beautiful work, your craftsmanship is on a whole other level.
WhiteFro1306:
These are a thing of beauty. I will admit that these sticks and Knievel's work(not to mention the many many other great works of art) have inspired me to sign up and start planning my own setups.
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i'll go back to drooling now...
[..drool..]
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