Woodturning Epoxy Resin & Cedar - The FIRE Pot #YTCCC2021

Well, welcome back to the channel. It's been a little while since I actually made a turning video, but you may have noticed I changed the name. We are now Brad's Woodturning. Kind of combines the brands with the Brad's Workbench, my main channel, but that's neither here nor there. What we got today is my YouTube cross channel challenge for January, and it's a fire challenge. I've been holding on to some of these pieces of cedar, and I plan on casting them in this little Torox wipes tub with some TotalBoat thick set, and I have not really used this before. So what we're going to do is 100 to 28. Thanks to Mr. Doug for setting me straight because I was just going to go three to one. And those with the keen eye will notice that I almost severely screwed up. That's what we're going to use and not the slow cure stuff. Make sure my cup is clean. 499, 500, 502, you son of a... I need to add 140 grams to this mixture to get my three to one. So let's hit 640. Well, this stuff is really like water. 643. I'm going to call that good enough. The one thing about the very slow cure epoxies is you don't get very good color separation because, for one, I'm not patient enough to wait, you know, two or three hours for this stuff to start kicking and then mix my colors. But I do like the fact like with my rock bowl that you do get some color separation, but there's also a lot of blending. And I like that personally. I think it's kind of a cool effect in its own right. So I mixed up a little coppery red because I wanted a better transition. We're going to move over to the pressure pot. We're getting close to the top. And when this thing is full, I don't want to touch it. I just want to seal it and put it under pressure. Put some air in her. It's been, I think, four or five days. Get her loosened up and see what's inside. I'm going to tell you, I'll be honest with you. I've been pretty excited and also be honest with you. I still don't know exactly what I'm going to make of this. Good lord. I am actually really shocked how much resonance I've got. Hold on. I'll be careful. You should always cut away. Oh, you scared me with that knife. Why am I scaring you with my knife? You know, it's not going to come through and cut you. Thanks, buddy. Grab supplies. It's good. That ain't fire. I don't know what is. Oh, you know, you're starting to have a problem. We got a void. We got a pretty good void. And it goes all the way back into here. There's no sense in me showing you how I'm going to do this. I'm literally going to take this tape, a circle around here just to be sure and then pour some epoxy in there and let it drip down in there. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. A few days later, we got that void right there. Taking care of fill it in. I'm pretty happy with the way it looks. I like all the swirls and I like what we got going on here. I'm still not sure if this is going to be a box or like a small vase. It's already like 11 o'clock at night. So I'm just going to try to true this up a little bit. Got a slight wobble, too. It shouldn't be too awful bad. And and then probably sleep on it and we'll see what we got after that. I'm going to get you out of my way and I'm going to turn this and I guess you can watch. Good God, I didn't want to stop, though, because I had such a good pass going. Let's look at this thing. I think we're done for the night. Might put some tenons on it. I always got to do one more thing, right? All right. So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna put a tenon down here and a tenon down here, because I really think I'm probably most likely going to do a box. I've never done a resin box. I've only done one wood box, so it will be a challenge. So we got our tenon there and you'll just have to trust me. We got a tenon on this side, too. I think she looks good. I'm excited to continue tomorrow and see where it takes us. So I've got it over here at the bandsaw because of the grain and the swirls of the resin to line up better when the box is together. And then we're going to turn it today. Try not to screw it up. Just going to sharpen up this portion a bit, run it in there. Well, you'll see. You'll see as I go. Which, by the way, for those of y'all that don't know how to sharpen a portion of it, this little diamond file set, I'll link it in the description, cost me $10. Man, I sharpened forstner bits, router bits. Had them for almost a year now, and they're still going strong. All right, let's drill a hole. So really, I can't remember the process, which is a very bad thing in woodturning because it's a deductive art form. It's all about the steps you take and how you take them. But I'm going to go ahead and face this off. Then I'm going to have a pretty wide, we'll call it a ledge here. Because whenever I get my top done, I do still want to come do some shaping with the top and bottom combined and pretty much make up the rest as I go. All right, let's get it. I know you're going to say, why are you so far back? Well, to do the edge, you can't get past this line or else it'll turn on you. So I got to at least stay above that line. It's a little thinner than I wanted it, but there's not much I can do about it now. So I'm going to sand it and hope for the best. We'll fit the top. All right, so we're probably around 400, 320, somewhere in there on the inside. I'm going to next use my homemade 100% food safe, all natural sanding paste. This is an extra fine. And I sell this on Etsy, along with my tongue wax finish. Now, there's nothing else on the market like this. I got tired of seeing people make polishes using mineral oil, which is an oil that never cures. So I decided to make my own. I use 100% pure tongue oil. Yes, it's pure. I've checked the MSDS, all that good stuff. Organic white beeswax and carnauba wax. And there is a butt ton of carnauba wax in this. But this can be applied as a friction polish or it can just be rubbed on and buffed off. So if either of these interest you, link in the description to my Etsy store. Feel free. Message me any questions. It's an extra fine, whereas other people are a little bit more coarse. And I make my paste a little bit thicker than most. I think it suspends the abrasive a little bit better. But I start out just rubbing it in there by hand. And of course, I'm not used to doing it in such close quarters. Let me get it in that bottom. Oh, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, I was really like, what the hell is he doing? All right. So I'm going to cover up my face. I'm going to open this back up because I want this area of the rag. And literally because I want some padding on this, I'm just going to stick another paper towel inside. I'm just going to make a ball I can shove in there. Now, since my face is a little thicker, you better be holding on to your rag because it's going to grab it when you first start. All right, I'm going to get that inside rag now. See, it's so smooth on the inside now, I really don't even have to hold it. I'm not gripping it, I'm just pressing it. Damn! And sand it to 400 and then the sanding paste. That's the only thing I've done. All right. So we got the top on. As you can see, I hollowed out just a little bit, but I got to face it off. And then we'll start playing with fitment. Yeah, let's do that. This is only my second box. So if you all see something I'm doing that could be done easier or the wrong way, please leave a comment. I'm definitely this is definitely not a how to make a box video. This is Brad makes a box and probably screws it up at the end. All right. So I got this to where it's barely, barely not fit. And I think after we do our sanding, it'll be a perfect fit. I'm just going to hollow this out a little bit and a little dome, not much. I don't want a huge lid and I don't have a whole lot of room if I decide to put a handle on. So I really don't know what all I know right now is I'm going to hollow this out a little bit and then we'll see where we go. Yeah, I can tell it's getting close. I'm just going to say this real quick. Then we'll get the bottom on late, attach the two and start playing with the outside here. I don't think you really need to watch me standing inside. I'll bring you back after the sanding. All right, guys, so good news, bad news. The insides are polished and they look amazing. Bad news is we got a pretty loose fit. Yeah, so my fitment sucks. Story of my life, right? Hey, oh, that's what she said. Sorry, I'm in I'm in a very, very weird mood. So we're just going to finish this and go, man, I know. I've been kind of editing this video a little bit as I go, and I'm going to either have to severely edit it down or I don't know. It's a long video so far. I just talk too much. That's what it is. I talk to him. Let's sand. She's done. Let's take a look at her. There she is, guys. I hope you didn't mind my little Duke of Heritage impression. Good guy. Good channel. I always like to give him a hard time. But there she is. The little fire pot that could work, I guess. Let me zoom in here for my favorite part of this whole thing, and that is this little bit of yellow at the top of the knob that I made. I am so pleased that that stayed in there. It just I mean, I really think it makes the whole piece pretty much. And as far as the finish goes, all I did was hit it with the sanding paste. A coat of shellac to seal the wood, and then I didn't use it as a friction polish, but I use my tongue wax off of the lathe. I just wiped it on, let it sit for two days, you know, reapplying it where it dried up and then buffed it off by hand with some paper towels. Came out excellent. First time for me to use it that way on a hybrid piece. For this being my second box and for me making as many mistakes in my order of operations as I think I did. I'm very pleased with how it came out. A little bit of a simple shape, but overall, I love it. The fitment is a little loose. Oh, piece of candy. But overall, I'm very happy with, like I said, I love the yellow in the lid. The inside of the lid looks pretty cool, too. The colors definitely, I think, fall in line with the fire theme. And I also think that the top lines up fairly well. I was able to holler at TotalBoat during this project, and they were kind enough to share a discount code. And of course, all of that information is going to be in the description below, along with any of the tools I used or recommended during this project. So this is my submission for the January Fire Challenge for the YouTube Cross Channel Challenge. Turner's Dubois kind of got this all together, invited me into the loop. Bunch of cool channels. I think there are up to like 25 now channels doing this, and it'll be all year long, every month, a new theme, a new challenge of some sort. Again, go in the description. All the pertinent information is in there that you need to know. And honestly, if you're still listening to me ramble this far into the end of the video, you must like something about it. So please go ahead and hit that subscribe button. Hit the bell all notification thing. You know, the thing that all channels tell you to do. Do that and we'll hit some glamour shots at the end. And I'll see you on the next one. Peace.