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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 07-01-2011, 06:56 AM   #1
Eric Roach
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I ought to balance that with something positive: I make my waking needles out of cherry. After experimenting with many sealing concotions (BLO, Helmsman, tung) I can tell you the only sealer I've had no problems with is epoxy. I pour thinned epoxy back and forth over cherry blanks which have been microwaved for 15 seconds to warm them. After a few minutes of this, I wipe them down and hang them vertical in a heated curing box - they are done within 24 hours at ~85° (above 85° I sometimes get bubbles from the heated gas expanding in the wood).
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