I’ve had a request for small soap dish’s. I’m going to use Buttonwood with a live edge. Any suggestions for finish (wet environment) ?
Or not a good idea?
Or not a good idea?
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Interesting! Does it turn well with HSS (and related) or do you need carbide?I suggest you guy a piece of soap stone. It turns just as well on a wood lathe.
Sure, if you aren't familiar with Soapstone, stop by a welding supply place and ask for some - commonly it'll be used (and shaped) like a carpenter's pencil for marking out lines on your steel (pipe, sheet, angle iron, etc) or writing dimensions, what have you... It's sorta like a chalk combined with a crayon , but much harder (Perhaps think of a piece of gypsum or talc which has been saturated with liquid wax... something akin to that - It'd be very fine grained, finer than sandstone, not quite abrasive, but still hard enough to almost feel like a rock.) It'd turn just fine with HSS or even carbon steel tooling (sharpen the soapstone stick with pocket knife when in want of a finer line on your pipe or angle iron.)Interesting! Does it turn well with HSS (and related) or do you need carbide?