Posts tagged as «tung oil»
- Sun and Tung Oil
This is a simple project of making a live edge shelf for my son. I had nicely prepped a piece of Cypress with a plane. When I asked what color he wanted it, he said “Black, let’s torch it.” So we burned it with a weedburner, brushed it off with a blue nyalox drill brush, […]
- Bottlebrush Unicorn
My son had a project he wanted to make as a gift, so I turn this blog post over to him at this time. I went online to find a good picture of a unicorn. I found this one that was not too complicated to cut on the band saw. I cut a 14 inch […]
- Bottlebrush Tree
In October 2021 my neighbor wanted a Bottlebrush tree cut down and I was interested in the wood. So I offered to cut it down. As you can see, it had quite a lean to it. I was not concerned about hitting the house because it was fully leaning away from the house. I was […]
- Charcuterie Board – Planche?
Back in May 2020, my son made a serving tray as a gift for his teacher and wrote about it here. Fast forward to December 2022 and we get a call from his past teacher offering him his first commission for another one. Only now we can’t call it a serving tray, we have to […]
- What most Tung Oil articles get wrong
I have been using Tung oil as my go-to finish for a dozen years or so. As far as I am concerned it is a great finish for more things than it usually gets credit for. Thankfully its virtues are getting shared more often now in recent years. In my experience it is far […]
- Heart Bar Stool
I had this idea kicking around in my head for a barstool made from a log with a built in footrest. My original thought was for a square seat, but used on a diagonal like a diamond. Then I was looking for ways to reduce the weight and realized that the back corner of the […]