Thread: What are you working on?

All kinds of good stuff in here

Mike, as usual we'll all be waiting to see the sheath.......as said, you never cease to amaze

First batch of cider coming along. Put into a secondary fermenter to clear... Then soon, bottles woop.

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Are you making hard cider?

Originally Posted by Dieseld

Are you making hard cider?

Indeed.

Here in the UK we just call it cider [emoji23] at the moment it's sitting about 5.8abv.

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Here, cider is just that. A pressed apple juice with a small amount of pulp. And has a nice bite to it, but no alcohol in it.
So if it has alcohol, we call it hard cider

Originally Posted by Dieseld

Here, cider is just that. A pressed apple juice with a small amount of pulp. And has a nice bite to it, but no alcohol in it.
So if it has alcohol, we call it hard cider

Here when it has alcohol we call it GOOD

Cleaned up a set of scales this evening, with some plain ol antibacterial hand soap, in hopes of not loosing the scrimshaw look to the scales.
But it washed off, clean as a whistle. So I took a chance with a brown, permanent marker, and a clean piece of paper towel, lightly dampened with denatured alcohol.

I'd color a section, rub it with my finger, then wipe with the paper towel and alcohol.
Once all was filled in, a made a few passes over the whole thing, to even it all out, and polished with a microfiber towel.

So my question is...
What ya think.?!
Can something else be done.?

Here's before n after.

That gets fairly tricky because they are plastic scales. I think you are absolutely on the right track. Once you get an area coloured how you want it some careful application of either wax or clear coat will keep it from easily getting any unwanted colour on it. Clean coat is a little more permanent. I find my dork lord glasses invaluable in these cases.

Looks sweet. A light misting or two with clear would be my advise.
Try to blow some in between the scales. I use Wheel clear coat from Duplicolor. Keep the nozzle back. Mist it.
Love to save that old stuff!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Looks sweet. A light misting or two with clear would be my advise.
Try to blow some in between the scales. I use Wheel clear coat from Duplicolor.
Love to save that old stuff!

I've actually have to separate them, and thin the built in wedge.

I'm doing a blade swap. I've got a 5/8 Buck Bros. I'm putting in them, that are in a set that are more for a 6/8 13/16.

These are more fitting to the blade. But too wide at the wedge, and swallows the blade.[emoji6]