General Information
this project was my entry into a Marking Tool Swap on another forum.
having never fabricated such a project before, I made a prototype in High Density Urethane (HDU)
which carves like balsa wood with no grain. it took about 2 hours to go from paper pattern
to final working HDU prototype.
when I was ready to start the real thing, I purchased a chunk of wood off of E-Bay
(species unknown) and delicately finessed it for two months into a working, fully functional
model using hand held grinders, sanders, various carving knives, chisels and gouges.
the string wheel was turned on the lathe.
Black charcoal powder is from my local art store.
while viewing many videos on YouTube, I saw that the black ink is a problem when working
in the shop. it is messy, and if not used often, the ink dries out and coagulates in the pot.
so ~ I decided to use artist’s black charcoal powder instead. now, it performs like the modern
chalk string line with no shelf life for the powder.
the inside of the pot was coated with thickened black epoxy to make it leak proof in case the recipient ever wants to use the traditional black liquid ink.
the outside was coated with clear satin urethane.
all in all, it was a fun project.
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having never fabricated such a project before, I made a prototype in High Density Urethane (HDU)
which carves like balsa wood with no grain. it took about 2 hours to go from paper pattern
to final working HDU prototype.
when I was ready to start the real thing, I purchased a chunk of wood off of E-Bay
(species unknown) and delicately finessed it for two months into a working, fully functional
model using hand held grinders, sanders, various carving knives, chisels and gouges.
the string wheel was turned on the lathe.
Black charcoal powder is from my local art store.
while viewing many videos on YouTube, I saw that the black ink is a problem when working
in the shop. it is messy, and if not used often, the ink dries out and coagulates in the pot.
so ~ I decided to use artist’s black charcoal powder instead. now, it performs like the modern
chalk string line with no shelf life for the powder.
the inside of the pot was coated with thickened black epoxy to make it leak proof in case the recipient ever wants to use the traditional black liquid ink.
the outside was coated with clear satin urethane.
all in all, it was a fun project.
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