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T The brown streaked is ebony as well. I originally was going to do the dark side in Wenge too, but after experimenting I made the fateful decision to work Ebony instead. The streaked piece does look like the test wenge piece I made...I'll probably end up doing the few streaked pieces over or use some gel varnish as you recommended. I'll keep trucking away hand sanding in the meantime! Thanks!
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Hi all, I recently finished the last of my chess set pieces and I noticed a couple of my pawns that I had cut about a year ago started streaking brown. I'm curious to why this is happening. At first I thought it might have been due to poor compound cutting technique, but besides three pawns, the rest all look good. I played around with different blades until I settled on using Pegasus No 7 MG blades. I put an almost perfectly black bishop next to one of the changing pawns in the photo. Also, any tips for sanding pieces like these? I've been doing them by hand working up to 220, but I have to believe there's a better (and easier!) way. Both of these pieces haven't been sanded yet. Last question! Sorry I mashed them all in one post like this, but again, Ebony wood is so unique I want to get the experts' opinions on it. How would you recommend finishing it? Cheers, Dave
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Welcome! I just joined myself and have already learned a few new tricks I'm going to try out.
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I also use an RBI Hawk, amazing machine. Great find on your part and kudos to your husband for fixing it!
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Amazing detail, great job!
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Since I'm new to the forum I figured I'd post a few pictures of projects I've done. Of course I can't find photos of the majority since I usually just gave them away. The picture with the "I love my saw" was my first and second project I ever did. I only scrolled the doberman on the dog bowl holder, but the project still turned out great so I figured I'd share. I also made the cake topper for my wedding out of purpleheart. You'll have to excuse the gross glue residue on the wood, this was taken right after I peeled it all off...of course I can't find the picture of it on the actual cake...
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Very fine work!
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Simply amazing! I watched my Dad make a band saw box once similar to this and I always wondered if it could be done using a scroll saw (since I don't have a band saw!). Great job!
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Welcome, I just got here myself! Born and raised in Germantown Wisconsin (although I live in Florida now). Cheers, Dave
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Hello all, I got started in scrolling about 15 years ago when I saw a neat ringed bowl that a family friend had made and was hooked since then. I used an old beat up saw that was at a DIY woodworking center and later found an RBI Hawk for sale that I jumped on. While I haven't been scrolling nonstop this entire time, I have done a few projects that I'm proud of and have recently finished chess set pieces (still have to do the board!) that I had been working on the past 5 years. What that project taught me was: stop putting off something I could have done in a month and NEVER work 1.5" x 1.5" ebony ever again! Anyway, I look forward to learning from this portal of knowledge and progressing in my hobby as a woodworker. Cheers, Dave
