I redid the finish on BOB 8 times. The trouble came as a result of cutting the neck 5 hundredths too skinny. That meant having to build up width using finish, which is a laborious and at times frustrating process. 7 times frustrating, to be honest. I loved the curly maple ripples, the black cherry […]
Busy day. Stick #6 Stick Porn, has arrived at its new home. (correction: it’s delayed a day.) I was hesitant to use tung oil on a stick because I figured there’d be a thin market for it, but I wanted to try the experiment anyway, and figured I’d just shoot with it myself. Stick Porn […]
Tiger Green has half the required CA glue is applied inside my new booth, built to contain fumes. Stick 21, BOB, is pinned and butt bored for the weight bolt. Now ready for epoxy.
As shown, the stick is sanded with 180 grit, just enough to get it about where it’ll be in its final shape, and coated with a couple quick coats of CA glue to show the color as it will appear under the finish. (Not at all concerned about the shine at this point. The CA […]
-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.
The objective of the cut I’m making below is to get enough of the fat side of the stick turned on the stick’s axis (which, from the perspective of the stick, is new — all the pieces before were turned on their own axis’, this step is getting them all on the same page, so […]
This is an Excalibur model, a hero -wielded weapon on the blood-red felt. Or green. Whatever. Like that Michael Keyton line. You running 220 to that outlet? Yeah. 220, 221. Whatever it takes. Whatever felt hosts your particular battle, the Eexcalibur stick is made the way you like it, and the cost is based on […]
Dennis wanted stick 19 but it sold before he grabbed it. I’m building another for him — and so far, he doesn’t know — so I wanted to give him a surprise look at something integral to stick building (the way I do it. Materials place demands on construction.) I core every stick. Meaning, I […]
