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The manufacturer, or maybe it's the US supplier (I'm not sure), says: "COLORPLY® is produced by first selecting high quality Obeche logs from managed forests in Africa". The Wood Database says that...

About 25 years ago, I first ran across the African wood/Italian manufactured color-dyed product called "Colorply", not to be confused with Dymondwood®, ColorWood®, Spectraply® or Dymalux®, all of...

Thanks...I normally use Mylands sanding sealer, but on this dyed & laminated Colorwood, the boxes were finished on the lathe with "Dr. Kirk's Scratch FREEE Woodturners Polishing Wax", followed with a...

Roman Olivewood Satellite yo-yo with Colorwood storage box. The five cabochons in the lid are cast from epoxy resin, each measuring 3/4" across:
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Texas Mesquite...

Masterpiece...well done!

Thanks for the case law references. If I'm reading this right, you could re-sell the playing card taken from a deck you've purchased, in it's original form, under the first sale doctrine. But you...

It was an original card pulled from a purchased deck. The issue came up on Etsy several years ago, where I was selling turnings at the time. Etsy's policy was that if someone complains about an...

Very cool castings. I got dinged once for an alleged copyright infringement...using playing cards on a yo-yo. A couple other times, I asked the designer/publisher for permission to use his art, and...

Yes, the tips are turned after epoxying a Delrin rod piece into the top's body. Delrin comes in white, black, brown and blue...turns like butter.

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Outstanding shape and finish...well done

Here's something new. These tops are hollowed out for cord storage and upright display, with about 1/4" wall thickness. The boxes are purpose made for a sung fit.

Redheart throw-top measures about...

Here's a 2009 thread on the same subject: https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?119676-Value-of-a-used-Jet-1642-Lathe

Thanks Steve. Thin walls are cool, except when the wood moves. Nothing worse than having a lid fit perfectly off the lathe, and then go all whopper-jawed a few days later, and not having enough wood...

Between 2000 and 2002, I made a couple hundred lathe-turned boxes for a machinist friend who was kicking off a line of aluminum yo-yos (the Dif-e-Yo). I didn't make another yo-yo box for over 16...

I believe it was Larry Fox (former Pikes Peak AAW chapter president) who invented the process, about 15 years ago. At one time, he was selling a how-to video (Creating "Outlays" from Inlays) covering...

Pat, I do it the same way...think the process is called "outlay" aka "disappearing channel walls". You're right, a faster curing resin would help with the suspension issue. Nothing wrong with 5...

System three will work, as well as most two part "glass" epoxies, like this one I use: https://www.dickblick.com/products/artresin-epoxy-resin/

I stopped making bottle stoppers about 10 years ago, but you can see lots of design ideas here: http://www.yoyospin.com/gallery/stoppers/

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Masterpieces...every one

Great catch on the wood...well worth the effort. My experience is that all fruit-woods make for good turning.

Workmanship and design skills shine through on this project...very well done! Do you have any concern with wood movement messing with the optics/resolution?

Thanks Richard. Yes, making yo-yos is very cool. Here's one made from 3,720 year old Russian Bog Oak. BTW, the old yoyo turning DVD we've been talking about covers the type with o-rings embedded in...

All fixed now. Think I needed to upgrade to the "Contributor" level in order to send/receive private messages on this forum.

Thanks again, John. That resin impregnated aluminum mesh product is called C-Tek...very easy to work with and a great way to liven up your turnings. Comes in several different colors and thicknesses...

Hey John. Yes, I still have a few copies of that old DVD on hand. I think it was made in 2003. You might be able to find a copy through your local AAW chapter's library. If anyone wants a copy for...