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Pyrography, the art of 'drawing with fire' by burning designs onto a medium, is an ancient craft practised worldwide. This book presents 30 original pyrography projects in easy-to-follow step-by-step style that are suitable for the absolute beginner to master. The readers will love the clear and simple format which takes away the mystery behind achieving great results. The 30 projects include: door plaques, coasters, key fobs, letter opener, coat hook hanger, jotter board, picture frame, letter holder, trinket box, bread board and many more...This book includes detailed information on tools, equipment and materials. It is suitable for beginner level, with clear instructions and drawings. All techniques are fully explained and illustrated in full colour throughout. -
This extremely flexible dual-purpose adaptor can be used either as a stepped power tool adaptor or to create a bespoke dust extraction port. If the dust producing machine has no extraction port, this adaptor can be attached using the four screw holes in the flange, allowing a suitable hose to be connected to it. The adaptor can also be used to connect directly to a 2.5" diameter extraction system and the stepped profile be adjusted to suit the port of the power tool. -
T shaped branch: To split a hose line into two branches when creating multiple connections. Sometimes the T shape is an advantage when creating a hose network, however the airflow is not as efficient as with the Y shaped branch. -
The heartwood is light and dark chocolate brown. At 1010kg's/m3 the wood is hard, heavy, durable, close-grained and resistant to termites. When freshly worked it has a distinctive, sweetish smell.It sands and finishes well to a satin lustre. It is used in musical instruments, turning and carving. -
The heartwood is light and dark chocolate brown. At 1010kg's/m3 the wood is hard, heavy, durable, close-grained and resistant to termites. When freshly worked it has a distinctive, sweetish smell.It sands and finishes well to a satin lustre. It is used in musical instruments, turning and carving.
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Metal holders require a hole approximately 42mm diameter x 17mm deep. The glass holder requires a hole approximately 48 mm dia x 26mm deep . Available in a glass, brass, copper and polished steel finish. -
When first published in 1987, The Art of Turned Bowls was a work ahead of its time. Now, considering the resurgence in popularity of this woodworking genre, the book is perfectly poised for rediscovery. Retooled with fresh full-color photographs of contemporary bowls featuring the work of award-winning turners from around the world, Richard Raffan's classic has been totally updated to meet the demands of today's turner. With a unique talent for making even the most abstract ideas accessible, the world's most admired turning teacher offers an invaluable wealth of design advice. This beautiful volume from Richard Raffan is dedicated to the art of creating aesthetic forms in your turned bowls. More about design than about technique, The Art of Turned Bowls displays a wide range of bowls — by a host of experienced turners—with analysis that will help you create more artful bowls with a sense of balance and proportion. As you flip through the pages, you'll discover how the subtle form and shape of a well-turned bowl is one that's also a delight to hold and use. -
In The Wood Burn Book, Rachel Strauss (@woodburncorner) teaches you everything you’ll need to know to master pyrography, whether you’re brand new to the hobby or you’ve been “writing with fire” for years. This essential guide opens with a brief background to the art of wood burning, a list of tools and how to use them, basic techniques that can be used over and over again, and even what to burn and how to be safe doing it. You will also find a detailed explanation of the process from start to finish, with patterns, techniques for lettering and adding colour, as well as dozens of projects ready for gifting, including picture frames, cutting boards, coasters, cards, wooden spoons, and jewellery. Above all, Strauss has created the book she wished she had when she first discovered pyrography: a simple guide that quickly gets the reader successfully burning. With the right tools and a little time, you’ll be able to create meaningful handmade gifts without breaking the bank. Whether it’s to create a family name sign as a housewarming gift for newlyweds, or customize baby blocks for a new little one, wood burning is the versatile hobby that can be used time and time again to create memorable gifts for all of life’s occasions. In addition, wood burning is a practice in mindfulness, requiring patience and focus to awaken the senses and calm the mind. Mastering the art of writing with fire begins with the ability to follow a line. If you can trace, you can burn. -
Tin colour metal candle cups, fits a 23mm hole (approx.), with a 20 mm overall height, pack of 10. -
Interior and exterior use, strong initial tack with fast setting. Excellent sandability, unaffected by finishes. FDA approved for indirect food contact and easy to clean away with water. Open time 5 minutes, assembly time 10-15 minutes, shelf life 12 months (kept airtight). -
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he waterproof formula provides superior bond strength, longer open assembly time and lower application temperature. -
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Interior use only, initial tack time 30 mins, setting time 24 hours approximately. Open time 5 minutes, assembly time 10-15 minutes, shelf life 12 months (kept airtight). -
Cross bars are specially hardened to avoid those troublesome nicks and to give a smooth finish. -
Flexible PU (Polyurethane) durable hose with transparent wall and copper coated, high tensile steel wire. Ideal for wood dust and chip extraction. Available by the metre in different diameters. Manufactured in Great Britain! -
- Respiratory protection to BS EN12941:1999 to cover all dusts generated when working in hard and softwoods, ply, MDF and other timber-based materials.
- Simple to swap over, the filters ensure you are always guaranteed full protection from harmful dusts.
- Filter efficiency 98% with a minimum laboratory protection factor of 50.
- Filters allow clean, unrestricted airflow as you work for maximum comfort and work efficiency.
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New generation P3 R half mask, with low profile ergonomic design.- Offers less breathing resistance.
- Less clogging pressure and inward leakage.
- Approval P3 (R) APF20 x WEL
- Protects the user against airborne particles, oil aerosols, mist, welds and fumes.
- Twin HEPAC* pleat encapsulated design filter provides 99.99% filtration of airborne particles and aerosols at 0.3 micron and above.
- Exhalation valve on bottom of face piece, ensuring no exhalation fumes steam or fog of any glasses/visors.
- Protective grill covers 100% of filter surface.
- Grill protects filter from moisture and particulates, ensuring it performs better in clogging pressure and filtration efficiency.
- Unique integral sample port and plug allow non-destructive face fitting.
- Large non-return valve.
- Single piece head and neck strap with quick release.
- Manufactured from high-grade materials, odour free, non-allergenic. TPE mask body is latex and silicone free.
- Conforms to half mask standard BS EN 140.
- Respiratory protection to BS EN143 P3R.
- *High Efficiency Particulate Air Composite.
- Protection against airborne Coronavirus
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Trend AIR PRO Airshield Pro Respirator Kit With 8hr Battery Suitable for use when machining MDF. The Air/Pro has been Approved to new standard BS EN 12941. Battery powered respirator for use with all woodworking applications. New features include: Combination face-seal and hood to improve protection. Motor positioned away from the sensitive area of the forehead to reduce noise and irritation. Strategic component distribution ensure optimum centre of gravity is achieved for balance and comfort. Twin filters with efficiency of 98%, more than double the Airshield MK1. Audible low battery warning. Removable 8 hour Ni-MH battery. -
Maple pen box with rosewood ends, in a white carton for protection. -
If you have some woodturning experience, now you can create something truly special for family and friends. These beautiful hand-crafted toys are as enjoyable to make as they are to play with. Clear step-by-step instructions, detailed photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams start with simple toys and increase in complexity. Projects are a mixture of pure turned ones and also basic constructs, whereby turned items may be cut apart and resectioned to create something different. The 20 charming projects include simple turned animals, spinning top, tea party items, skittles, stacking blocks, pull-along train and indoor quoits. Each project is designed to be tactile and visually attractive as well as fun to use, and all toys are long lasting and comply with safety standards. -
The worlds pre-eminent woodturning teacher provides everything you need to know to turn bowls. Richard Raffan draws upon his 30 plus years of experience to lead you through the key elements -- from planning to completion. With the help of detailed text and step-by-step photos, Raffan covers wood and tool selection, design advice, surface embellishment and finishing techniques. For the more experienced turners, there are chapters on advanced techniques, decoration, and form and balance. You'll also find extensive appendices, troubleshooting charts and advice on selling bowls. Perhaps best of all, Raffans contagious respect for the craft comes through on each page, and it will stir you to do your best work. Turning Bowls gives you:- thorough coverage of tools, wood selection and design
- advice on how to avoid and solve common turning problems
- information that ranges from the basic to the advanced
- expert-level instruction in an easy-to-understand format
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For thousands of years mankind has created hollow forms to store either everyday objects or things of value – but functional objects can also be beautiful in their own right. This comprehensive book will guide the beginner through everything they need to know to get started with turning their own hollow forms. You will learn how to work with different types of wood, which tools to use and how to apply basic techniques with confidence. Learn the basic principles of form, proportion and design and how to apply this knowledge to your own work. Seven striking projects are set out in a clear step-by-step format and progress in difficulty. -
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Having made literally thousands of pens and pencils themselves, the authors have employed all of their thirty years' plus experience to write this definitive introduction to their craft. Includes history, techniques and projects - something for beginners and seasoned pen makers to enjoy. -
30 Projects are rated in order of difficulty, from beginner, through to intermediate and advanced, the latter not solely based on the skills of the turner, but also on access to the materials or machinery required for the project. Not everyone has access to particular machinery, tools or skills, but a basic level of turning is assumed, together with the availability of a chuck with compression jaws. -
A collection of all-new toy turning projects from the dean of turning teachers. Turn your workshop into one of the happiest places on the planet! With the guidance of Richard Raffan, the dean of woodturning, and the projects in Turning Toys, you can outdo Santa’s elves. Create custom toys right in your own workshop and see the little ones' eyes light up with joy! Have a ball honing your turning techniques. Repetition is the key to mastering any craft, and these projects are in part skill-builders so you'll continue to refine your skills as you repeat them. You’re sure to get plenty of practice because young boys and girls can never have too many peg dolls, balls, or things on wheels. You'll find ways to salvage a situation if, as can happen, there’s a catch or the wood splits. Little snafus become big opportunities to get creative and who knows how that will turn out – funny or fabulous, or both! Expert guidance every step of the way. A delight to look at, Turning Toys is filled with practical advice to help you succeed and enjoy great satisfaction from creating beautiful toys. With over 360 photos and drawings, you’ll learn exactly how to use all the tools required, control the cutting edge, and work comfortably at your lathe. Beloved playthings today...handmade heirlooms tomorrow. Turning Toys will inspire you to try your hand at a variety of wooden toys you won’t find in stores: racing cars, wands, stackers, spinning tops, even a handsome croquet set. Get your copy and turn out toys that will delight the children in your life. -
Delight your children and grandchildren by making these fabulous vintage toys. Author Chris Reid takes you through the making process, giving clear advice and helpful tips to show how to make toys from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. There are 15 projects to choose from, including diabolo, yo-yo, skipping rope, spinning tops, quoits & skittles and more complicated toys such as a kaleidoscope, walking cow, dog and pig. This book includes basic techniques, such as making jigs and turning spheres and cylinders, as well as advice on wood and finishes that are safe for children's toys. -
In this completely revised version of his classic best seller, Richard Raffan shares new techniques and up-to-date information on the art and craft of turning wood. Whether you're just starting out or more experienced, you'll discover new insights and valuable advice that reflect the evolution of wood turning over the last several decades. There's even a completely new chapter on hollow vessel turning. Here are a few examples of what you'll find with easy-to-follow instructions that show you how.- Choose the right chucks and tools for the job
- Sharpen and maintain your tools for the best results
- Handle tools safely and efficiently
- Learn basic techniques wirh ease
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This is an oil type finish similar to Danish oil but nothing like it. This product is designed to be hand rubbed on to raw timber, giving a finish with a hard, bright, high gloss. It will bring out amazing depth and brilliance to most timbers making the grain pop and become opalescent, vibrant, shimmering and alive. Especially when used on a fine grained, highly figure timber. And if that's not enough it does it all in a matter of minutes.
Aussie Oil is ideal for use on most small items like pendants, brooches, earrings, small turned items that cannot be fully finished on the lathe. Pens, magnifying glass handles, compacts, key rings, letter openers, in fact almost anything made of wood you can comfortably hold in your hand to polish.
As an extra added bonus, it also works brilliantly as a friction polish on the lathe.
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This amazing product is a cut and polish paste containing Tripoli powder, an ultra-fine abrasive. The polish is designed to be used in conjunction with Shellawax Cream and liquid formulations or as a finish in its own right on plastics (such as acrylic, resin-impregnated burr, crushed velvet, artificial ivory and similar products used for pen bodies). It can also be used after French polishing and restorers will find it useful to cut and revive previously polished surfaces. Although designed to be used directly on raw timber, bear in mind that EEE is not a finish in itself and the polished surface will need protecting by the use of some other product (such as Shellawax). EEE-Ultra Shine can be used over many other finishes such as oils and most types of varnish, enhancing the surface and giving it a smoothness and lustre with an ease that you would never have thought possible. -
Ever wished you had a finish that was as easy to use as shellac but with the durability of polyurethane? Well wish no more, because here it is.
This unique Hardened Shellac creates a film with a high resistance to heat, water and alcohol, yet it is used in exactly the same was as any normal shellac. It can be applied with a rubber as French polish, brushed, sprayed and dipped.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? After shellac has been dissolved in ethanol* it is possible to introduce additives that cause the shellac to cross link after it has dried. This cross linking takes about 20 days to completely cure, less in hot weather.
USES: Ideal for table tops and other horizontal surfaces such as dresser and desk tops, etc. Also brilliant for use on guitars, lutes, harps and many other musical instruments where a traditional finish is required and good resonance qualities are essential.
NEW IMPROVED FORMULA In February 2009 U-beaut began adding a plasticiser to Hard Shellac. This gives elasticity to the cured finish, to combat crazing on the thin walls of musical instruments, whilst still having the same high resistance to marking from water, alcohol and heat it has always had.
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This sanding sealer is designed to raise the grain and make it brittle, it can then be sanded of with fine grit abrasive paper leaving a smooth fine surface to apply finish.
