How To Stabilize Wood Throwback Tuesday

[@basecoat1966]

Bringing back these older videos is a great idea. I'd like to see you take a few minutes afterwards to talk about what has changed or lessons, good and bad, that you have experienced since the original video was posted.

[@madikava]

100% this. I like being able to see the old content that I likely missed, but I especially like the idea of reflecting on what you learned or changed since you made that video before. Hopefully some good re-use of great older content, and provides further information based on having more experience now. I've seen that done in the hobby crafting world (miniatures, terrain, etc) and it's been very helpful!

[@NVOutsider]

It's nice to have the older stuff intermixed with the new. You could even do series to show how things have advanced (?) or compare and contrast. Thanks for the info.

[@ruairiallen3354]

That was super confusing. " there is something different about him in this one......" it gets to the end " Ooooh it was an old video, it wasn't time travel"

[@orellinvvardengra6775]

Out of everyone you are still by far my favorite channel. Working on finding a better paying job then with some of those extra funds I can pay it forward. I just really like your content so much.

[@johnford7847]

It's a good idea, IMO. Six years ago, I wouldn't have watched because I have no interest in turning. But now I know that stabilizing wood can be used for many purposes and was glad to see your discussion. Thanks for sharing.

[@sypernova6969]

that was nice. you make simple, straightforward videos, so it`s never bad to have one refreshed.

[@leighmosher2182]

A couple weeks ago, one of the guys at work asked me about stabilizing wood, so I sent him the link to your original video 😊 good information never goes out of style.

[@steve6271]

This is a really good idea. Very enjoyable to watch. One suggestion is to pick topics where the "prevailing attitudes" have changed. ie back in the day it was thought to do things a certain way but now it is more popular to things a new way. b/c of new technology, access to wood types. etc etc Alway enjoy your content. Keep it coming.

[@iainmcculloch5807]

You absolutely pipped me to the post with that final joke! 🤣

[@myerscok]

I’ve often seen ‘stabilised’ referred to but never really understood what it entailed. Thanks for putting this video out. Being fairly new to woodworking I would definitely be interested in more of your older videos. Ken Myerscough, Southport UK

[@ericaddington5417]

Excellent video - will be looking forward to the next throwback tuesday!

[@dougdavidson175]

Flashbacks are kewl! Take care & stay safe.

[@mattf9096]

I don't mind the throwback to videos I've already seen now and again, but I wouldn't go too nuts with it. I do, however, feel like the reissues of videos would make for good supplements to explain concepts on a long term project you're currently working on. It would save you having to explain in as much detail throughout the build videos themselves.

[@tarbucktransom]

I'd like to see more throwbacks like this, this is good information.

[@bobsmith3790]

That was the best demonstration I’ve seen for stabilizing. Thanks for sharing.

[@marcbarash6045]

Thanks James, yes, was good to see

[@krokodyl8088]

Uf, you have grated me few moments of pure confusion while checking whether I´ve clicked on an old video that was sneaked in by the evil algorithm. Anyway, I agree it is still great video stuffed with useful information. Thank you for that memories.

[@MrMarkpeggy]

I have not seen any of your older videos. You did excellent job back then as well.

[@Mike-pr8hx]

The useful content is always appreciated and sometimes trippy. I'd love to see more flashbacks. Thank you

[@mgreene939]

I bought the setup you suggested back when you first released this video, but just haven’t gotten around to doing anything with it. Another thing for me to get to when I retire…..someday.

[@williammaxwell1919]

Yeah, revisiting "old videos" with new /added learnings, all good!

[@johnframe6393]

Ha-ha, I have only been following you a year or so. I would love to see your older videos. I did have a double take, not realizing it was an old video. Saw you start it, then thought maybe you have a younger brother that took over. Lol.

[@DetroitSicilian]

Great video! Like the flashback.

[@Vamtal]

I would love to see a video about ebonization from you. Ferric acetate or ammonia fuming seems like traditional ways to make wood darker and more appealing. Just tip for interesting topic.

[@paulzirker706]

This is a good idea. I'd like to know about moisture levels in air dried woos James. Do you have a video?

[@stevem268]

you should mention that the cactus juice does have an activator/catalyst. you can mix the entire jug because the reaction does require heat as you mentioed

[@michaeldoto4673]

Yes, please continue to bring these older videos back! Question: can you use the vacuum motor from a vacuum cleaner for this?

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

That is not strong enough for this kind of work.

[@ssrattus]

Thanks James!

[@megafatshady]

Helps the Al Gore Rhythm HAHA I REALLY like this video, I have plowed through your tool show walk throughs but always been interested in the knife makers handles saying the wood is Stabilized ... I am like, how? how is it stabilized and now I know.

[@giveemtheboot5123]

I have wanted to try this with purple heart and Vitamin E oil. Vitamin E is an antioxidant and a vacuum will likely pull the oil into the wood. I wanted to see how long it would take to lose the purple color.

[@psecody]

Great idea, I hadn't seen this one yet but since I do a bit of turning it's nice to know the process. One thing that would be neat for these throwback videos would be to comment on if your process has changed any since you made that video or if there is a newer model of something or more ideal way to do a part of it now.

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing again😊

[@cliffwood7386]

Very interesting, and not a video I've seen so that's great! The traditionalist in me recoils at the idea of filling wood with epoxy, but the mad scientist is excited at all the possibilities. I think my local maker space has a vacuum chamber, and I was thinking of making some chisel handles already...

[@mm9773]

Yeah. It’s about sustainability: how much non-degradable plastic should we pour into wood, and for what purpose? I’ve got a pair of old hedge trimmers with cracked handles, and I’ll try to manage that problem with epoxy. Of course it’s a great material with which to fill voids and repair imperfections, it’s an excellent glue (PVA glue is plastic, too), and it can be used to stabilise pieces of wood that would otherwise be completely unusable. Also, there’s art. Should it be used to preserve huge slabs for table tops, even when a third of the whole thing will be epoxy? I don’t know, I’m not a fan: I don’t think it matters much whether your table top is made out of one piece or milled up boards, I think in most cases it doesn’t even look good and doesn’t fit well with the interior of the house. Huge slabs are rare and expensive, but does that mean we have to preserve them as they are? Or is it perhaps mostly a status symbol to have a big honking wood/plastic slab sitting in your dining room? Many of them will end up in the trash, no matter how expensive they once were: a river table is a river table, not so much a resource that will be reused and repurposed - especially when it’s blue and sparkly. Should you make chisel handles? Why not, although I think it makes a difference whether the wood is from a tree in your garden or from a piece of furniture with emotional value, or whether it’s just pieces of wood with interesting figures in them. Why not find blanks that are stable in the first place? Unclear. Plastics can be incredibly useful, they’re not inherently evil. But not everything that can be done must be done.

[@ReRoy8]

I love this! How about vacuum drying pieces?

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

That works great if you're going to wait. Usually if it's small enough to fit into this I stick it in the oven and dry it that way.

[@oykaik]

Cool, but how to heat items that are up to say 35" long?​@@WoodByWrightHowTo

[@MCsCreations]

Really fantastic info, James! Thanks a bunch!!! 😃 I did a fast search and couldn't find it around here... But I've found it from China! So, as soon as I can, I'm definitely going to order some. 😊 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@shanksjeffcott8598]

Yes please more revisit

[@98Whitewings]

@Nilered I wonder if a method like this could help with your wooden armor

[@johnfreiler6017]

Nice video: not fluffed up like many of them are nowadays (not yours). Thanks!

[@derekrobertson1548]

Great info and it got me wondering, if you used a piece of purple heart wood and stabilized it would it stop its colour from fading over time and how well does stabilized wood work in a glue up.

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

Unfortunately no the outside surface will still oxidize.

[@dhc1802]

What about pressure pots for casting resin? Does it do the same thing as the vacuum pot? Can they be used interchangeably?

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

Oh. The pressure pot compresses the air inside and can push fluid into the wood but as soon as you relieve the pressure the pressurized air inside will push the fluid out. With a vacuum pot you remove the air from the wood so that when you release the pressure the air around will push the fluid into the wood.

[@monteglover4133]

Thank You keep them coming

[@ragmana]

Are there any common approaches to stabilizing large pieces of driftwood? I have a full branch that wouldn’t fit in a typical vacuum pump enclosure or my oven.

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

That case I would usually use a penetrating epoxy and wipe it on the outside. It won't work into the inside but it will harden the outside surface.

[@theidlehandsworkshop3884]

It's go to see you recycling even if it is just videos, the environment thanks you !!! I say go for it, you have so much info from the past it's hard to keep up

[@nefariousyawn]

I can't remember where i saw this, but some KZbin channel stabilized stale bread. It was probably Peter Brown. Imagine all the novel possibilities for tool handles.

[@hubrigant]

Does stabilization add enough strength to make something like doug fir or spruce suitable for a mallet head? The only wood I have on hand that's big enough to make a joiners mallet from is of that variety and I've avoided it thinking it not suitable.

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

It all depends on what you want to use the mail it for. I have a couple minutes that are made of soft pine. I use them for finish work. But yes stabilization will make it harder.

[@mikesalmo]

Does this add a lot of weight to the wood? What kind of finish could you apply? I’m assuming oils wouldn’t work with the pores essentially filled. Could you still shellac? Does a wipe on poly still adhere? I have a fairly small (8x2-10”) piece of cherry with a couple streaks of sapwood that look cool. The fragile trash sapwood is gone, and it seems hard, but I worry about uneven wear over time. It’s sat in my pile for 8 months as I debate ideas. Oh, I’m not a turner. This would be for a small project, maybe as an accent. Also thought about making a very small solid body violin style bass guitar or electric ukulele with it.

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

It ads a considerable amount of weight depending on the wood. You can still finish it with just about any finish you want. I still use boiled linseed oil and paste wax.

[@mikesalmo]

@@WoodByWrightHowTo that’s awesome to know. Thanks. I learned a lot here.

[@cbryantbear6498]

Great Job!

[@fredpierce6097]

I’ll never look at a turned pen the same after seeing how it was treated ! 😢😅

[@michaelhenderson4706]

I'd love a 'here's what I did 6 or however years ago; here's all the stuff I've learned since' bit of videos. Though, throwback tuesdays seems pretty great to me, whatever it ends up being :)

[@JackFright]

Sounds good to me, James. I had thought it would be a lot more involved to stabilize. Maybe it's worth looking into. Is stabilized wood any more brittle?

[@Davis_Tool_Systems]

I had to wait to the end to see how you would finish that off and well it doesn't suck good job!😂 seems like you are the Chuck Lorre of KZbin maybe you should add the white card and the jingle like on the big bang theory

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Happy Halloween my guy

[@nastyevilbunny]

I like this. These how to videos are my favorite kind.

[@scannon90]

It seems like you would really need a long skinny vacuum chamber to actually harden the kind of board that most people use for projects instead of the cooking pot you’re using. Does such a device exist? Also, can you use this technique to make soft woods like cedar hard like oak?

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

It is really not needed for furniture, but I have seen some that do exist.

[@johngilbert974]

Thanks !

[@cindyharrison4191]

Can you do the same for a small piece and just use thin super glue ( CA ) glue?

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

It would take to long to get the car out and presure back on. The CA would cure before it was done.

[@jachse8464]

Would you be able to use BLO instead of cactus juice?

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

You could push it in with that, but it needs oxygen to cure do the inside would be wet for a long time to come.

[@larryohara6513]

Is there a shelf life with the C Juice?

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

I am sure there is but I have no idea how long. It is years long though.

[@TheCatNipGardener]

Commenting below... And saying I love your videos

[@Fusion_Woodworking]

Wait, there is a different James in this video.

[@marcusjans-uy6cv]

Haha I watched the beginning again and just realized the joke 😅

[@SomcoCape]

Hi from South Africa

[@A2woodArt]

At 1min video I realized something is off with James :-) And only then looked at the title 😂

[@mitziseyfferdt3866]

Is the cactus juice as toxic as epoxy?

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

It depends on what you consider toxic. In some ways yes it is all resin but in other ways it is better.

[@DP-de6js]

I was thinking wow James lost weight, nooo he’s just gotten fatter, welcome to the club 😂

[@Justin-fb7ni]

how old is this? you look much younger

[@WoodByWrightHowTo]

This was 6 years ago. And about 30 lb.

[@paco_vazquez]

Wow, this is many many watching- minutes ago…. Who’s that young fella? 😂

[@davidlynn7161]

Comment down below.

[@RobEdinger]

Down Below!

[@ping170]

Haven't seen any difference at all 😉

[@multicoloredwiz]

look at that beautiful marginally younger young man!

[@johnbies7041]

Like it 🎉

[@warrenmunn3224]

I think you needed to put stabilisers on your hair

[@gordonmccall5263]

Who was that skinny guy?

[@ricos1497]

Old James was hot. No offence, new James.

[@dpmeyer4867]

you aged well

[@twistedhillbilly6157]

That looks like a lot of equipment when a little blue pill has been proven to stabilize wood for over 4 hours...