On 5/16/2018 5:18 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 5/12/18 8:07 AM, Jack wrote:
On 5/10/2018 8:41 PM, -MIKE- wrote:

I did a pure carnauba wax finish on a bass drum that a friend/colleague
had burned in the way you describe. It was very artistic work. I'll
see if I can find a picture of it.

Here's the burning technique I use for these projects.

https://youtu.be/ENOTocaMwxw

My favorite woodworker, TV Star, Entertainer, Buckin' Billy Billy Ray
Smith (not really any of these things, he's actually a chainsaw guru,
and has hundreds of youtube videos on cuttin', climbin' and even
buckin' trees) He also sells axes and burns all his ax handles. He
also burned his living room floor, and all the walls and floors in his
new shed.

Anyway, he has videos of burning his new shed floors and walls, but I
couldn't find them but did find this one of him burning his living
room floor. If you like cuttin' and buckin' this guy is awesome.
BTW, he is also a drummer, sort of, and plays the harpoon really well.
He plays with his mom, who is a singer and they are pretty good. A
lot of his videos have his or their music in them.

Here is a video I found of him burning his floors in the house. Also
has some drumming in it, but 90% of his videos are him cuttin' wood.
Find some of him climbing and you should enjoy him. The more you
watch him, the better it gets. Note all his drums at the end of the
video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn8O180-qs

I watch youtube on TV instead of TV and he is generally better than
anything on regular tv. He puts out at least a video a day... He is
not an instructor in the least, just loves what he's been doing
professionally his whole life, and it comes through in his videos.
After watching 10 or 20 of them he becomes a friend you love watching.


I like his stuff, Jack.
Also, he's actually a decent drummer. A bit sloppy, time-wise, but he's
just practicing and he's obviously not doing it to be a sessions guy.
Nice collection of kits, too. :-)

Here is one of him knocking down a tree close to a house. He has better
climbing ones but this one has his 70+ year old Mom singing the blues,
with him on drums, Harp and singing, and so on. The vids that show him
knocking off the limbs as he climbs are really cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUWGKk9UVOY

Here's a video of his "theme song" and a slide show of some of his
stuff. If you get past the beginning, his drumming gets better, but it's
him singing and playing the harpoon. Probably his Mom on the guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99qpTF7uIho

Note his channel has almost nothing to do with his music, which is just
an aside. He has some video's of climbing that are crazy. He's 100' +
in 4 inches (less) of wood knocking em down. He has hundreds of videos
just knocking down trees. The guy is amazing, and fearless and more
enjoyable than anything on the regular TV wasteland.

--
Jack
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
http://jbstein.com