Shaker is deceptively simple in appearance. Not so simple in the crafting.
Very much so. It's all about simple lines, but getting there is not so simple. 'Tis a gift to be simple, maybe, but just as with Real Simple, it takes effort to live simply in a mercantile society.
Thank you. The offcuts are becoming spindles, fwiw, now that I have space to work, so sometime in March, probably, I'll ping you about where to send them.
Sexual tension often leads to good design....just think about where we live!
It's finished in boiled linseed oil, with a shellac topcoat, and it will be waxed once the shellac is done and rubbed out. The white Scotchbrite abrasive is perfect for rubbing out to a satin finish...since it's not ferrous, it doesn't turn cherry or oak (or other tannic woods) black. Very nice.
It also doesn't leave you with little tiny bits of metal dust. Still, I'm old school enough to like 0000 steel wool for some things.
I like to thin shellac and use multiple coats, partly because I'm usually stuck with finishing outside, and that way it dries before the little varnish bugs commit suicide in it.
I also thin it, and do lots of coats, and rub them out after...final rubout is usually rottenstone. . You're right about tiny bits of metal dust - they make interesting splinters.
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Very much so. It's all about simple lines, but getting there is not so simple. 'Tis a gift to be simple, maybe, but just as with Real Simple, it takes effort to live simply in a mercantile society.
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That repressed sexual energy had to go somewhere.
You do such lovely work. The figure on the candlestand is amazing; it looks like an owl.
What finish did you use?
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Sexual tension often leads to good design....just think about where we live!
It's finished in boiled linseed oil, with a shellac topcoat, and it will be waxed once the shellac is done and rubbed out. The white Scotchbrite abrasive is perfect for rubbing out to a satin finish...since it's not ferrous, it doesn't turn cherry or oak (or other tannic woods) black. Very nice.
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I like to thin shellac and use multiple coats, partly because I'm usually stuck with finishing outside, and that way it dries before the little varnish bugs commit suicide in it.
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