New Work for Mayfair By The Lake May 8 & 9, 2021

[@robertgrinstead3546]

Like your set up. Great demo. How do you finish the bottoms?

[@JohnWilliams-oq5nm]

Sorry for the late reply - once the epoxy has cured I turn the tenon off and sand the bottom and place them upside down and apply a coat of CA glue then the epoxy. The CA seals it so only one coat of epoxy needed.

[@balahmay]

I can’t help but want to do this. I have the rotator, but so far my attempts have been foiled by fish eyes in the resin. Maybe try a different resin. Maybe try a good coat of wax free shellac first. Beautiful work, inspirational for me.

[@JohnWilliams-oq5nm]

Generally a torch will get rid of the bubbles. However, I do take three days to finish and use multiple coats and sand between 3 coats and the next and fill any imperfections. Then the two finish coats are near perfect?

[@balahmay]

@@JohnWilliams-oq5nm By fish-eyes, I mean small areas where the resin wants to not cover. I brush it on, but then bare areas appear as something on the surface is repelling the resin. Maybe your resin is not prone to doing this. Maybe I am contaminating the surface with something. I thought an initial coating of shellac might solve it.

[@JohnWilliams-oq5nm]

@@balahmay Sounds like you have something on the wood. Shellac may work but I tend to think, considering your comment, it is not the epoxy. I use Alumalite Quick Coat. Sealing the wood with Shellac, while it would work, does not let the epoxy sink in and and bring out a much richer color than the shellac does.

[@robertcornelius3514]

Do you use some kind of sealer coat before adding on the epoxy.

[@JohnWilliams-oq5nm]

Thank you for watching and no, I do not use any type of sealer. Off gassing of the wood is a problem and I have tried some sealers but found no benefit. The process I describe in the video has proven to work the best.

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

What kind of motor are you turning the pulleys with? And what is the gear reduction?

[@JohnWilliams-oq5nm]

The motor is an old fan motor 1750 rpm and I think a 1/4hp. There are two 2” to 19” pulleys and the final RPM is 8.

[@darrenswoodworks8695]

@@JohnWilliams-oq5nm thank you for the quick reply. I think you are an awesome Woodturner’s. What are you using for the deep hollows?

[@williamswhistlepipes]

John what a fantastic set up some real innovation and craftsman ship. I’ll have to ask how come the piece your working on has to be rotated by hand.

[@JohnWilliams-oq5nm]

The application is by hand and then moved to a shaft that is rotating…….quickly! Too difficult and messy to apply the epoxy while rotating.