On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:43:19 -0800, Kevin Miller
wrote:

William Noble wrote:
surgeons add scar tissue to hide ugly joints, wood turners add shavings

Some. I'm more prone to adding brass key shavings, or coffee grounds.
It seems that adding shavings/sawdust never really hide it for me, so I
tend to 'celebrate' the defects.

Very finely ground coffee grounds (used - waste not, want not) make a
great contrasting filler. And they're more or less wood anyway. Sorta...

...Kevin

I've been playing with that idea too, Kevin..

I've been saving the shavings from pen turning.. got zip lock bags (you get a
LOT of those when you turn pens) of each wood that I use, providing its a
distinct color..

Now on some pieces, instead of using the shavings from, say, the oak that I'm
turning to hide cracks, I've been hand sanding them a bit wider and using blood
wood or ebony to fill the cracks..
The more contrast, the more I've been liking the finished look..


mac

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