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From Marla Gann, St. Charles, MO...Once my Ring Master was up and running, it was fun to operate, right from the start. I was really surprised that I could turn CORIAN® rings so easily. I was able to, proficiently, put together bowls of varying shapes and sizes (and the immense color selection of CORIAN® even furthered the design possibilities). Working with CORIAN® is much like working with wood, however, because of CORIAN's density, the speed at which you must cut the rings is much slower than wood.
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| More from Marla on using DuPont CORIAN® instead of wood on your Ring Master |
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From Clyde J. Downs, Pukalani, Hawaii...I have reorganized my woodworking shop to center its' use entirely around my ring master, having abandoned the band saw method for cutting rings. I am very pleased with its' performance and quality. The machine is consistent and rings can be cut from solid stock of one or more species, stacked and glued. This approach eliminates the lathe work and once glued is ready for finishing.
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| Sanding area ring inventory cart on castors for moving to design bench. |
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My woodworking shop is set-up around the Ring Master. Air, electric glue applicator on right of bench(blue) for gluing of rings.
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Back bowl (raised) is made from albazzi (Chocolate Heart) extinct Hawaiian hardwood. Left to right KOA with oak top KOA with oak ring maple plugs, oak with walnut plugs.
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I have developed a finish for my bowls that I thought you might like to have for future reference. The procedure is simple and allows a bowl to be finished entirely in one session.
I make friction polish using equal parts of clear shellac, alcohol and linseed oil. To apply, use a cloth saturated with this mixture and apply while the bowl is turning, use inside and out. the mixture dries extremely fast and hard. Several coats may be applied within minutes of one another and produces a very hard surface. Let dry for 15 minutes then apply paste wax, let dry another 15 minutes and buff with a soft cloth. This gives a rich beautiful luster in no time. Keep the friction polish well shaken as the materials separate rapidly in the bottle. I have tried your formula nd several others and I now use the friction polish exclusively.
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| Before lathe work, sanding and finishing. |
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| Lowell B. Easter, Hendersonville, North Carolina...I thought that you might like to see some bowls that I made with the ring master, primarily, and some 'touch-up' on the lathe. I cut 1/2" rings at 90 degrees for the 4 larger bowls — then cut some at 22+ degrees. I previously made 9" bowls on the lathe alone, which is much more time consuming as well as wasteful. |
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Walter E. Dansey, Cocoa Beach, Florida...These pictures are of a group of bowls I made using your ring master mounted on a Shopsmith. The wood in most of the bowls is walnut and maple. The other types of wood used are cherry and mahogany. I have not sold any of the bowls as yet, most are to be gifts for friends. |
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