Always interesting...

[HillBill]

Opening up the bandsaw to clean it out. There is always an interesting pile of dust, showing the history of what i have been working with.

Kinda reminds of sedimentary rock formations in different colours.

 

[Shewie]

That's quality Mark

My gran used to have some lava from Mt Vesuvius in a glass box which looked identical to that

 

[ozzy1977]

Pity it cant be resin impregnated and used as a material in its own right.

 

[HillBill]

I wish there was a way i could preserve it in situ, so i could remove it all as is. But thats pretty much an impossibility i reckon.

Any suggestions welcome if someone has an idea though

That's quality Mark

My gran used to have some lava from Mt Vesuvius in a glass box which looked identical to that

 

[HillBill]

Ha, i was just thinking the same

Pity it cant be resin impregnated and used as a material in its own right.

 

[Clouston98]

That looks lovely!

Could you use it in a fish smoker?

 

[Shewie]

Custom made perspex box inside?

 

[Mesquite]

Interesting

I watched a video on youtube about a guy who lathed little knick nacks from lumps that had accumulated in car paint spraying booths. They looked stunning

 

[British Red]

That really is very pretty

 

[HillBill]

You would't want to use half of that to smoke anything. Lots of not so healthy toxic stuff in there, Yew, Padauk, Ironwood, micarta etc.

That looks lovely!

Could you use it in a fish smoker?

 

[HillBill]

Bloody good idea that Rich. I could see that working... but it would be so vulnerable to being knocked once the box was removed from the bandsaw.

Edit... Perhaps a tight fitting lid, that can fit inside the box to compress the dust a little and then lock it in place. Shouldn't move about inside then.

Custom made perspex box inside?

 

[Dreadhead]

ha that's really smart!

 

[Toddy]

You could spray it with a water mister bottle that had a mix of pva added to the liquid. It's how folks set ballast on model railway tracks. No idea how far in that it would soak and absorb though. Normally sprayed and left for 24 hours.

The fellow who used to valet my car called the build up of debris from my boots, foraging and work 'stratigraphy'

I think I prefer yours

M

Ratio varies from 30:70 to 50:50

 

[dwardo]

I use an old dyson hoover attached to my bandsaw and it creates the same patterns. I was thinking the very same thing last night, great minds.

 

[Mesquite]

Be good if you could do something similar to these

 

[bilmo-p5]

Reminiscent of the coloured sand souvenirs from Alum Bay, Isle of Wight.

 

[THOaken]

That does indeed look like sedimentary rock layers. Fascinating.

 

[lathe dog]

Reminiscent of the coloured sand souvenirs from Alum Bay, Isle of Wight.

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the first pic..........memories of many happy childhood summer holidays came flooding back instantly.

 

[CallsignSam]

That really is awesome!

I know I would have trouble sweeping it away!


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[Tony]

that's cool, I probably clean mine out too often to get a good layering, i might just cut some hard woods to get the effect