Why use stabilized wood?

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Re: Why use stabilized wood?

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Got the Black Buckeye Burl today.
Use your imagination to see how it will look after finished. It will be much darker and shiny.
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I polished a spot to see what this will look like when finished.
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I love that wood.
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Re: Why use stabilized wood?

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Very nice looking handle material.
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#15 Post by Jamesh76 »

Dale, do you know how to stabilize it?

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#16 Post by Graps »

Yes but the equipment is expensive and dangerous.
I do know a Redneck method, but I haven't tried it yet.
It's done with a double boiler and a canning jar.
You use wood hardener in the jar with the wood in the jar and the lid slightly loose.
That sets in a pan of water and brought to a boil.
After a few minutes, take the jar out of the water and tighten the lid. Let it set for a week and then slowly loosen the lid. It will foam up as you do that so that's why doing it slowly.
After you let all the pressure in the jar, close the lid and let it set for a other week. Then you can take the wood out and let it set for another week to dry.
For me, buying a set of scales is worth it.
Also the wood hardener is acetone with acrylic in it so it is very volatile.
Not worth messing with.
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#17 Post by Jamesh76 »

Ok, I have maple burl, but it's not stabilized. Gave some to a guy in work with who does alot of lathe work, looked beautiful. I'm not sure if he stabilized or just sealed it. Never would have known of I didnt give him some logs.

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If it's not attached to a piece of steel, you wouldn't notice that it was shrinking. But it could still crack.
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#19 Post by Jamesh76 »

Even if its aged for over a year?

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#20 Post by Graps »

I've had some very old wood shrink after being mounted.
I think it had something to do with humidity.
For me the stabilized wood is just so much easier to work with.
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