Dennis Peacock
01-05-2005, 8:52 AM
Well.....
Here we go again.
Got the knife from the MBS just a bit ago. Very fine work and excellent detail work as usual. I'll post pics after the kids go to bed as I can't let them know where it is hidden so they won't mess with it.
No lining for this box....just wood.
He wants Curly Maple dyed a dark brown color. I assume I should use an anyline die for this? I don't want to obscure the wood grain and still allow the curl in this wood to show. He want a nice finish on this one, but no gloss finish...semi-gloss is preferred. Any suggestions on the topcoat for this? Shellac and then 0000 steel wool? I have some dark garnet shellac mixed up if ya'll think that will get brown enough (close to walnut dark).
He really likes the Rare Earth magnets for keeping the lid closed and I'm tinkering with the idea of taking some shapes from the knife itsself and replicate that design in a handle for the lid. He also likes the foot design I put on the LOML's music box...so that is IN for this box.
The sides will be finger jointed or maybe even through dovetailed. I'll have to get with Mr. Meazle since he has a setup for through Dovetails as I only have a setup for Half-Blind.
If any of you have a design in mind.....I'm open for suggestions. The tolerances on this box is nowhere near what the first box was. Ron is still wanting me to get a Pantograph and start doing inlays that way. He says it's a LOT easier and blindingly fast. :rolleyes:
He has agreed to teach me the tricks of the trade to do inlay work with the Pantograph and has invited me to visit his shop for a demo of how to do inlay with the Pantograph. The work he does on a pantograph is AMAZING!!!!! :eek: ;)
I'll see what I can do to get some pics of the knife. It's a long and beautiful Buoy Knife...sold to a customer in the Netherlands. The owner has to pay $3K just to get the knife to clear customs!! :eek: :eek:
I can not disclose the cost of this knife at this time. Once the customer has the knife, I should have permission to post the value of this knife. Let's just say......if I could sell just one of these knives? I could pay off ALL my consumer debt!!!!! :eek: :D
Here we go again.
Got the knife from the MBS just a bit ago. Very fine work and excellent detail work as usual. I'll post pics after the kids go to bed as I can't let them know where it is hidden so they won't mess with it.
No lining for this box....just wood.
He wants Curly Maple dyed a dark brown color. I assume I should use an anyline die for this? I don't want to obscure the wood grain and still allow the curl in this wood to show. He want a nice finish on this one, but no gloss finish...semi-gloss is preferred. Any suggestions on the topcoat for this? Shellac and then 0000 steel wool? I have some dark garnet shellac mixed up if ya'll think that will get brown enough (close to walnut dark).
He really likes the Rare Earth magnets for keeping the lid closed and I'm tinkering with the idea of taking some shapes from the knife itsself and replicate that design in a handle for the lid. He also likes the foot design I put on the LOML's music box...so that is IN for this box.
The sides will be finger jointed or maybe even through dovetailed. I'll have to get with Mr. Meazle since he has a setup for through Dovetails as I only have a setup for Half-Blind.
If any of you have a design in mind.....I'm open for suggestions. The tolerances on this box is nowhere near what the first box was. Ron is still wanting me to get a Pantograph and start doing inlays that way. He says it's a LOT easier and blindingly fast. :rolleyes:
He has agreed to teach me the tricks of the trade to do inlay work with the Pantograph and has invited me to visit his shop for a demo of how to do inlay with the Pantograph. The work he does on a pantograph is AMAZING!!!!! :eek: ;)
I'll see what I can do to get some pics of the knife. It's a long and beautiful Buoy Knife...sold to a customer in the Netherlands. The owner has to pay $3K just to get the knife to clear customs!! :eek: :eek:
I can not disclose the cost of this knife at this time. Once the customer has the knife, I should have permission to post the value of this knife. Let's just say......if I could sell just one of these knives? I could pay off ALL my consumer debt!!!!! :eek: :D