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    Gasman's Custom Brushes and weed tubes.
    You could sell those to the stoners. It is Colorado after all
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    I don’t even remeber which old movie that line was from, I just remember that line. It’s a nice little box. I used to use a similar box for emergency cash stashes. They were quite a bit shorter with a swivel and ring on the end for a key chain. You would put emergency money in them and fix the lid closed. Before electronic money when you could be stuck without cash. I think I waxed one side and glued the lid on. With some force the lid would break free, allowing people to get into it but keeping it secured at the same time. I have an aluminium one one my key chain that typically has a hundred bucks in it. The ones I had before were made overseas and I bought them by the dozen from an import shop. It’s another idea for gifting though.
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    I could see it as a dry tube for camping for things like matches. Especially if it was made of a wood like teak or cocobolo.
    Although you could make a lot of money off of the stoners. You don't have to be in the weed business.Think of it as being similar to opening a donut shop next to the dispensary.
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    A lot of people don’t know, but you can hide weed in there!

    Or in the pre-plastic day dill bits for hand eggbeater drills.

    Those drill are very accurate and easy to use because you can control the pressure and the speed of the drill, for detail work, like installing small hardware.

    Some of those old drill are like works of art with handles and knobs of rosewood. Vintage wooden cylinder boxes get a pretty penny.

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    Thank you Marty.
    Thats much better than a stoners weed box. But if they would buy them id sell them. It is a tight fitting cap so Id say its pretty damn close to air tight. You have to twist to get the top off and it pops when it comes off
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gasman View Post
    Just the standard cutters Aaron. I've been trying to get used to my Skew more lately so I've been doing most with it. I don't have a big monster size like you. I have a large and small skew. I still need more work but I ran out of energy and time this weekend. Maybe.
    Yep, love my skews-When I first started turning and kept hearing that most turners loathe them, somehow I knew I'd be in that minority who love them. They really just require precise control, and that giant Uber Skew keeps a curved edge on your work when you want it (instead of the point that results in disastrous catches!). I haven't been so in love with an object since I got my GI Joe with combat jeep and rocket launcher 50 years ago for Christmas!

    My nemesis right now is the spindle gouge; I just need more time and practice with it too. Right now I'm working on a walnut brush for that Eagle Scout I made the walnut Crown and Sword razor for some time back. Here it is after several coats of TruOil sanded up to 1k. We've got a dry fall weekend coming, so I can probably finish it with several more coats and put a brass band on it like I did that last one in desert ironwood (where I taped it off to keep the TO off the band part). Then I'm going to start on that cocobolo set with copper accents.
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    I've got a busy weekend lined up myself, but I need to start another run of pens. Oh, and I like your stash box too lol! Those are on my agenda to try after bowls.
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    What is under the tape Aaron? Looks like a nice way to rechuck. Looking good btw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gasman View Post
    What is under the tape Aaron? Looks like a nice way to rechuck. Looking good btw.
    I'm keeping the TO off of it so that I can epoxy on a brass band like I did on that last one I made up in desert ironwood. I's a design idea I stole from making duck calls. I'm about to do the same thing with copper on cocobolo. Some might not like it, but I think they look cool, and I didn't see anyone else doing it, so...
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    I have a couple of brushes from Walleyeman that have brass and copper rings. He made them with pacific yew as the wood. He is the only other person I have seen doing metal rings. I like the rings a lot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    I have a couple of brushes from Walleyeman that have brass and copper rings. He made them with pacific yew as the wood. He is the only other person I have seen doing metal rings. I like the rings a lot.
    Yeah, I have one of his that has the solid brass bottom and top, with camo acrylester in the middle.
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    It's a nice brush-I'm not there skill-wise to try turning solid brass (though it's probably a lot softer than desert ironwood, I'm guessing).
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