Author: Clayton

Color test for stick 20

Color test for stick 20

This is a piece of spalted and stabilized maple, the same wood as Stick 20: Caribbean Stick. The shine is 4 coats of CA glue, (not much), a quick wet sand up to 4000, and a topping of turner’s wax. The actual finish will be 2 coats of clear epoxy, 15 CA glue, and cue […]

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Stick 20 at final size for coloring

Stick 20 at final size for coloring

Caribbean stick will be 6 shades of blue. I’ll do color tests and post them, and the stick owner will be able to give feedback on the colors… Til then, Carribean’s got her final shape (except for the final sand, which I’ll do after coloring). All spalted maple (stabilized, meaning, it’s been dried and most […]

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Being an asshole feels good

Being an asshole feels good

Honesty combined with self awareness can only conclude you are a marvelous human, capable of love, built to learn, and your good is powerful beyond imagination. Take a shower. Clean off the shit and tomatoes. Someday we’re going to all get it right, and our species will be as beautiful as it was intended.

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Sounds like bullshit

Sounds like bullshit

I’d like to start a challenge to help average Americans get accustomed to calling out the bullshit. It’s everywhere. We need to all stand together and call it out, every time we see it. Hence, to encourage you, I snapped a photo of myself in the precious, vulnerable moment of reflection where I leap off […]

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Head and tail-

Head and tail-

-stock alignment The simplest, neatest trick to help you see two points is to not see them, but what they do. In this case, any misalignment will push the metal strip left or right, up or down. Just adjust the tailstock until the metal strip is straight.

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