VR Wood Mods bottom feeders kiwi style
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I have managed a few hours to begin the laminates for Jazz's 26, settling on matai and mahogany bands to go with the quilted red gum. I will post pics as this one comes together.
These will be cut and laminated to form the bands around the top and bottom of the body, with laminated and carved caps too.
These will be cut and laminated to form the bands around the top and bottom of the body, with laminated and carved caps too.
Working on the design for Gill, and hoping to get into Loopy's pretty quick too. Coaldriller is sitting for a little while, so time for Nauti and Clark F too!
1. Loopy block received
2. GillTheGrunt working on it!
3. coaldriller block received
4. jazzvaper
5. nautilusfan
6. Clark F
7. penguiness block received
8. anonymous tripp
9. NatGasMan block received
10. fatboylim
11. RobbieVape
12. supertrunker
13. distortoblotto inbound
14. Kingdal
15. inswva block recieved
16. Splatnex block recieved
17. hotsauc333
18. Uno Mas blocks received *3
29. Klav block received
20. emotionalstabilitysloth block received
21. AndyW block received
22. badinfluence357
23. BlueSnake
24. Doffy
25. 2pak2zero
26. penguiness block received
27. distortoblotto
28. AndyW
39. Spydro
30. Spydro
31. James
32. hotsauc333
33. Skinnyfatman
34. aarcoleo
35. 73neb
36. Bimini Twist
37. supertrunker
38. Nautilusfan
49. inspects
40. 2pak2zero
41. Spydro
42. aarcoleo
43. Splatnext block recieved
44. inspects
45. Uno mas
46. penguiness
47. Nautilusfan
48. inswva
59.houndb
50.mcpuff
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59. inspects
1. Loopy block received
2. GillTheGrunt working on it!
3. coaldriller block received
4. jazzvaper
5. nautilusfan
6. Clark F
7. penguiness block received
8. anonymous tripp
9. NatGasMan block received
10. fatboylim
11. RobbieVape
12. supertrunker
13. distortoblotto inbound
14. Kingdal
15. inswva block recieved
16. Splatnex block recieved
17. hotsauc333
18. Uno Mas blocks received *3
29. Klav block received
20. emotionalstabilitysloth block received
21. AndyW block received
22. badinfluence357
23. BlueSnake
24. Doffy
25. 2pak2zero
26. penguiness block received
27. distortoblotto
28. AndyW
39. Spydro
30. Spydro
31. James
32. hotsauc333
33. Skinnyfatman
34. aarcoleo
35. 73neb
36. Bimini Twist
37. supertrunker
38. Nautilusfan
49. inspects
40. 2pak2zero
41. Spydro
42. aarcoleo
43. Splatnext block recieved
44. inspects
45. Uno mas
46. penguiness
47. Nautilusfan
48. inswva
59.houndb
50.mcpuff
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59. inspects
Good to know the mail to overseas work better then inland right now.I'm just glad they made it with no trouble.
Working on the design for Gill, and hoping to get into Loopy's pretty quick too. Coaldriller is sitting for a little while, so time for Nauti and Clark F too!
1. Loopy block received
2. GillTheGrunt working on it!
3. coaldriller block received
4. jazzvaper
5. nautilusfan
6. Clark F
7. penguiness block received
8. anonymous tripp
9. NatGasMan block received
10. fatboylim
11. RobbieVape
12. supertrunker
13. distortoblotto inbound
14. Kingdal
15. inswva block recieved
16. Splatnex block recieved
17. hotsauc333
18. Uno Mas blocks received *3
29. Klav block received
20. emotionalstabilitysloth block received
21. AndyW block received
22. badinfluence357
23. BlueSnake
24. Doffy
25. 2pak2zero
26. penguiness block received
27. distortoblotto
28. AndyW
39. Spydro
30. Spydro
31. James
32. hotsauc333
33. Skinnyfatman
34. aarcoleo
35. 73neb
36. Bimini Twist
37. supertrunker
38. Nautilusfan
49. inspects
40. 2pak2zero
41. Spydro
42. aarcoleo
43. Splatnext block recieved
44. inspects
45. Uno mas
46. penguiness
47. Nautilusfan
48. inswva
59.houndb
50.mcpuff
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59. inspects
Vaughan, been hitting the bottle today?......
1. Loopy block received
2. GillTheGrunt working on it!
3. coaldriller block received
4. jazzvaper
5. nautilusfan
6. Clark F
7. penguiness block received
8. anonymous tripp
9. NatGasMan block received
10. fatboylim
11. RobbieVape
12. supertrunker
13. distortoblotto inbound
14. Kingdal
15. inswva block recieved
16. Splatnex block recieved
17. hotsauc333
18. Uno Mas blocks received *3
29. Klav block received
20. emotionalstabilitysloth block received
21. AndyW block received
22. badinfluence357
23. BlueSnake
24. Doffy
25. 2pak2zero
26. penguiness block received
27. distortoblotto
28. AndyW
39. Spydro
30. Spydro
31. James
32. hotsauc333
33. Skinnyfatman
34. aarcoleo
35. 73neb
36. Bimini Twist
37. supertrunker
38. Nautilusfan
49. inspects
40. 2pak2zero
41. Spydro
42. aarcoleo
43. Splatnext block recieved
44. inspects
45. Uno mas
46. penguiness
47. Nautilusfan
48. inswva
59.houndb
50.mcpuff
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59. inspects
Vaughan, been hitting the bottle today?......
Vaughan, could you explain how they dye wood to create the various colors?.. this intrigues me.
Oops, will need to fix that, good spotting!
The dye is put through in the same way as the resins are when stabilizing. The block is placed in a vacuum chamber and all air removed from the chamber, meaning all air is removed from inside the wood. the block is immersed in dye, resins, or both, and the vacuum released. the air in the wood cells that is removed by the vacuum is replaced by the dyes and resins when the atmospheric pressure pushes into the block. This can be done multiple times to add several colours to the block with the changing densities inside the timber giving different rates of absorbtion, so different colours in some areas. Hope that makes sense...
The dye is put through in the same way as the resins are when stabilizing. The block is placed in a vacuum chamber and all air removed from the chamber, meaning all air is removed from inside the wood. the block is immersed in dye, resins, or both, and the vacuum released. the air in the wood cells that is removed by the vacuum is replaced by the dyes and resins when the atmospheric pressure pushes into the block. This can be done multiple times to add several colours to the block with the changing densities inside the timber giving different rates of absorbtion, so different colours in some areas. Hope that makes sense...
Another question, can you make some drip tips from Mammoth Ivory?...when you make me the next mod.
Mammoth Ivory - MIL100
Mammoth Ivory - MIL100
Possible I guess. Is this actually mammoth ivory? I would love to see the source verified as this stuff would have to be a rare discovery?
Could you make an entire mod using mammoth ivory?
I'm going to call this guy tomorrow and see if he has a chunk large enough intact.
It's not really all that rare, but I too would like the source verified. He is in Arizona.
I'm going to call this guy tomorrow and see if he has a chunk large enough intact.
It's not really all that rare, but I too would like the source verified. He is in Arizona.
Would love to, may not be easy to bore large holes in fossils though...lol. Supply me the material and I will try, but I cannot guarantee success.
He's in Arizona, when I call him, I'm going to ask if I can look at the "tusk chunks", I'm not sure if they are fossilized or just ivory tusk.
Looks legit, but would have to be a clean piece with no fractures to allow working without it falling apart. Or having it filled like the Hybrid acrylic blocks?
Indeed, I found other sources for mammoth tusk, but it probably needs to be stabilized with resin, which I'll have done.
Yea I would think stabilized for sure but not fossilized..... Would be my thinking.....should be interesting! 
I've been fascinated with stag handle knives for 40 plus years. My Dad got me into it Would it be possible to do some type of finished stag inlay into each side of a mod without significantly increasing the thickness of the overall mod? Kinda like knife handles for the mod
Would it be possible to do some type of finished stag inlay into each side of a mod without significantly increasing the thickness of the overall mod? Kinda like knife handles for the mod
Yep...I'm sure he is!!Ole Vaughan is prolly doin a lot a head scratchin today......
You and your mammoth tusk got me thinkin.....which is often dangerous 
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