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12-20-2013, 09:18 PM #31Incidere in dimidium
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Ha ha... yeah, I should probably have mentioned the dust!
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Well I dinked around with some soapstone,easy to work with.a little messy (lots of dust) was fun.
It's bad enough with hand tools, so I imagine it must have become a bit cloudy in the workshop when turning it.
That looks *great* and setting it in ebony will eliminate the brittleness issue MrMagnus mentioned.
It was in original condition, faded red, well-worn, but nice.
This was and still is my favorite combination; beautiful, original, and worn.
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12-20-2013, 11:32 PM #32Senior Member
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Also doweled all in place,also used the lignum endcap to run my spur into.
Is one thing to carve soapstone but the stresses of turning it I think can be a disastor,be carefull.Cangooner likes this.CAUTION
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12-20-2013, 11:38 PM #33Senior Member
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+1 Originally Posted by SirStropalot
Really nice job.
Congrats.
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