Stuff happens,4 hrs of work,Ivory endcap,Imperial Jade recon spacer,Red Mallee Burl,Than a big chunk desides to leave the building:(((
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Stuff happens,4 hrs of work,Ivory endcap,Imperial Jade recon spacer,Red Mallee Burl,Than a big chunk desides to leave the building:(((
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Oh Man :(
One thing for sure brother you do this work long enough, stuff happens :p
Oh, darn. What a bummer.
Oh man! That stinks! Will you be able to reclaim the ivory and jade portion?
Still looks nice, chunk missing or not. I say finish it up seal and stabilize the missing chunk and stick a knot in it. I'm sure it will find a happy home.
That sucks. :( But hey, it'll still hold bristles just the same! :D
Will never hold a knot,go's in the bone box
Damn,....that's tough.
Hopefully that little flying piece didn't hit anything of value,....know what I mean Bill? :w
Pixel, hollow that spot out a little, find a stone/gem worker, show him or her the spot and they will find a nice agate or appropriate stone and shape that can be glued/epoxied in. Start a new trend/style and charge more for the effort. Make it happen and reap the rewards.
I say drill out the bad spot & make a nice pipe out of it,,,:shrug:
That is actually a brilliant Idea John,Kali is about to leagalize MJ so I might come up with a line of pipes:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
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The like was not for in a good way Bill.
I say epoxy it, fill it in I know someone who would be proud to own a Pixelfixed work even if it was rejected by QC.
Still looks gorgeous to me, but hey I appreciate the inherent flaws in myself, my friends and the like as well.
I just contributed to the drug business in California,,,,,,:gaah: :rofl2:
:roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
LOL....
It is all in how you look at it, you just contributed to getting them off the streets!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
Just in an off hand way......
Is an herb John.not a drug,the biggest cash crop in the state,projected to be worth 50 Billion a year,The state plans to tax legal sales at 20%Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
am reworking my Vegi garden as we speak:)
Yeah,,,Attachment 150632,,,,when everybody reworks their Veggie gardens,,the annual worth will drop to 100 million,,,they will be lucky to collect 15 million,,,,& that will be used to feed the sea lions in San Francisco Bay,,,, ;)
Really? It looks pretty low... Should still have plent of back bone at that depth, especially if you use TgN black badger, which would look incredible too BTW.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Bummer about the brush handle hope it wasnt a "made to order" piece but an improvisation piece...
The handle will work as a handle, but is trashed IMO,Yep Martin, was a made to order pce,will start over tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeLowett
I think you should embrace the blown up burl, celebrate the perfection of imperfection, and market a line of these as the Wabi Sabi brush.
They'll be big in Japan. :)
What he said. Peterson, Comoy and many others didn't throw that old briar bowl away when shaping the bowl revealed a fault. They got out the old putty fill and some of them used epoxy with briar dust. Anyway, I know that pixelfixed has the ingenuity to turn that lemon into lemonade :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by pfries
OUch... at least you didn't find lead this time :<0)
Not going to happen Jim,is a bad puppy, has to be put down.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Unfortunately looks like remix time to a new shape possibly. the fun of working with wood rapidly spinning
Heck if you are throwing it away... I will pay shipping and you can send it to me... :) :beer1:
I think it gives it some great character makeing for a more organic feel. Please dont trash it give it to some one who will enjoy it. Chevhead's offer sounds good.
Agreed . You'd have to leave the knot as is to qualify for wabi-sabi. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cangooner
+1.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeLowett
I think it has a certain something. Seal it up. The chunk went missing at exactly the right place for it too still ook stylish. If you hadn't said it was an accident, I would have thought it was meant to look like that.
I recon you can reuse the ivory and jade so put this one down to experience, still these things are sent to try us, the next brush will be even better.
Maybe so,I have a box full of crop failures:(Quote:
Originally Posted by celticcrusader
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...happens001.jpg
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Originally Posted by JoeLowett
BTW ... if you can't find it, I'm here !!! Attachment 150730
Ouch! That is tough to see happen!!
Ray
It Happens ray as you know being a woodworker.I Resin stabilized that piece wanting to preserve the knot (in the wood) for effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by walleyeman
Even went as far as applying several coats of CA over two days,thats mother nature:)
When I have an issue such as you have here, I will look things over and see if I did something wrong. Then look at it as a learning lesson. Inspect the work piece to see if it has a plan "B" and can still be used but with the desired results I have set for myself.
But most of the time they end up in the bucket-o-wrecks. Then move on and start again or evaluate another plan of attack!!
Things like this happens even when you have made every effort to cover all the bases!
You just put it behind you and move on!!
Ray
I'm not familar with your lathe setup but is the ivory the top? I would drill straight through to the otherside and plug it with something like horn on bothsides. Might save it....Cause that sure looks like it would be a sweet brush handle
the old time gunmakers had a what they called woodwelling. they would drill a hole and then make a plug out of the same wood then put them together. the process is too long to go into here but it worked. some of the old gun-smith books might show you better than me. sorry it happened to ya . good luck in the future
That's 100% accurate, but that was a time when nothing went to waste. All the hard work was sometimes made even worse, but that was part of the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by rhensley
The piece is still a beauty IMO.
