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Timoe's Mini Sticks
Tronzilla:
Yo Timoe let me know when your making more Sanwa sticks cause i really dig the sticks you make. Id be happy to buy one off ya too if your selling.
Aim is RedHarvest13
Donkey_Kong:
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--- 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:
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Being "quite thorough" in your sanding/polishing would be the understatement of the year. Damn dude, you must have a touch of OCD for that kind of finish. ;) Wow. Amazing. The finish looks just like glass. :o
Timoe:
Thanks, yeah I do feel kind of OCD. I have to remember to look around while I'm doing it. You know, focus on other items or I get cross eyed. :dizzy:
The color and art selection on the stick below are courtesy of my wife.
Timoe:
The art direction on this one was also done by my wife. Damn, she's coming up with all the good ones. :banghead:
dweebs0r:
Man. The second one is so bad ass. Very, very cool.
-D
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