naamanf Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 That’s awesome, Nate! What drag bit did you use, been so differing picking one up instead of outsourcing to a trophy shop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 Carbide 3D released two in-house products under the name McEtcher (teehee) so I picked up the combo pack, conveniently one day before they announced it as part of their black Friday sale - insert *sigh* emoji. It takes some tinkering, and I'll be interested to see how it does on standard brass. I've got a sheet that arrived yesterday that I need to engrave for someone. Too many fricken people retiring this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 Those are awesome Nate! What a nice gesture and crazy cool to be using historic materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 I'm constantly amazed at the quantity and quality of talented people in this group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPI Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 (edited) Spent most of the day going through scraps trying to find something flat enough to make into a cutting board. Ended up with a Wenge/Teak plan but not sure if I need something brighter in there for pop. Also gave up on the cast iron looking paint technique and put together the cabinet under the saw. Need to buff out the wax but as about as close to cast iron as I could figure out. The leveling feet ended up being boring so when I have access to a welder in Texas I am going to weld some bolts onto some blade wrenches and throw those on there. Edited December 14, 2021 by VPI 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 1 hour ago, VPI said: to make into a cutting board. Ended up with a Wenge/Teak plan but not sure if I need something brighter in there for pop. Neither would be my choice to touch food. YMMV. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4305116/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naamanf Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 Secret Santa gift for a whiskey group. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 1 hour ago, dsavitsk said: Neither would be my choice to touch food. YMMV. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4305116/ It is not a direct extrapolation from inhalation toxicity to contact and ingestion toxicity. Plus Bob Villa would disagree: https://www.bobvila.com/articles/best-wood-for-cutting-board/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, morphsci said: It is not a direct extrapolation from inhalation toxicity to contact and ingestion toxicity. Indeed, though several paragraphs above where he recommends using it, Bob suggests avoiding wood with toxic stuff in it which teak decidedly has. It is probably fine, and I doubt that wood cutting board poisoning is really a thing. But if I had a pile of walnut laying about, I'd use that instead (which goes for pretty well every project short of building a canoe). Wenge I just hate working with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naamanf Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Yolo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 1 hour ago, morphsci said: It is not a direct extrapolation from inhalation toxicity to contact and ingestion toxicity. Plus Bob Villa would disagree: https://www.bobvila.com/articles/best-wood-for-cutting-board/ You had me until Bob Vila. Bob Vila couldn't build a log with a set of Lincoln Logs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naamanf Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, swt61 said: You had me until Bob Vila. Bob Vila couldn't build a log with a set of Lincoln Logs. I’m pretty sure Bob was canonized as the Saint of Woodworkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPI Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 I have to admit, while I have had lincoln logs in the past, I have no fucking idea how to make the blocks back into a log. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 The problem with the teak toxicity is most relevant to inhalation of dust rather than ingestion from contact with food as the toxicants are not extremely water soluble as their chemical structure would indicate: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naamanf Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, morphsci said: The problem with the teak toxicity is most relevant to inhalation of dust rather than ingestion from contact with food as the toxicants are not extremely water soluble as their chemical structure would indicate: Obviously. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Organic chemistry FTMFW! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPI Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 The study seems to just say to me that if you grind something up your whole career and inhale it you may, or may not get cancer. I think you can take out Teak and add anyfuckingthing else and have the same study. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 My cousin Roy was a set designer and head carpenter for Pinewood Studios. His two most famous ones were the original Superman movie (the ice palace was one of his), and A Fish Called Wanda. Alas most sets were (and perhaps still are) made from MDF. A lifetime breathing in MDF dust did him no good at all, and while working on a Bond movie maybe 20 years ago in the Philippines, had a recurrence of a breathing crisis and sadly died. Before breathing safety for lifetime professional woodworkers was a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPI Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 (edited) Ended up throwing the scrap together for glue up last night and then ran it through the planer this morning. Going to be a 30lb cheese tray I think. Edited December 15, 2021 by VPI 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naamanf Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, VPI said: Ended up throwing the scrap together for glue up last night and then ran it through the planer this morning. Going to be a 30lb cheese tray I think. Looks good. Deadly, but good. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 The last of retirement projects, at least for this week, are complete. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
en480c4 Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 Those came out great, Nate. Well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPI Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 I assume with all these retirements you must be in charge of everything by now Nate. I would like to chat with you about surplus nuclear subs that might be available for a plan I am working out. Put the Walrus Wax on the board and threw it in the kitchen as Kasia decided to keep this one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naamanf Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, VPI said: I assume with all these retirements you must be in charge of everything by now Nate. I would like to chat with you about surplus nuclear subs that might be available for a plan I am working out. Put the Walrus Wax on the board and threw it in the kitchen as Kasia decided to keep this one. Looks great, sadly it will kill you within a fortnight. Edited December 16, 2021 by naamanf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 hours ago, VPI said: I assume with all these retirements you must be in charge of everything by now Nate. I would like to chat with you about surplus nuclear subs that might be available for a plan I am working out. Put the Walrus Wax on the board and threw it in the kitchen as Kasia decided to keep this one. 1. Not hardly in charge, but we’ll see what the next few months bring for change around here. I have full faith and trust in HR’s ability to completely fuck it up. 2. I think we’re giving the surplus to Australia so you might have to fight a dingo or a kangaroo for one. Does head control work on non-native species? 3. The cutting board came out beautiful, which makes sense given it’s deadly nature. I would love to have a shop big enough to house a planer and jointer but that’s not in the cards. So I’ll have to keep ping ponging for a while and having fun with that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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