Woodworking. I picked it up during the pandemic and now it's an outlet when I don't want to code any more.
The current project is a beer stein made out of white oak reclaimed from an old whiskey barrel. I'm trying to retain the burnt interior, but make it less fragile and not able to flake off. I'm trying to find a way to evenly coat the walls with resin to smooth things out (it won't be used often, so I don't particularly care about it being food safe or containing BPA). I probably need to keep it spinning while the resin spreads and cures a bit, then pour the rest out.
It's nice to have a different set of rules where I need to plan my order of operations out more carefully. e.g. I can't glue the handle on before I do the resin because it'll make it much harder to spin.
The current project is a beer stein made out of white oak reclaimed from an old whiskey barrel. I'm trying to retain the burnt interior, but make it less fragile and not able to flake off. I'm trying to find a way to evenly coat the walls with resin to smooth things out (it won't be used often, so I don't particularly care about it being food safe or containing BPA). I probably need to keep it spinning while the resin spreads and cures a bit, then pour the rest out.
It's nice to have a different set of rules where I need to plan my order of operations out more carefully. e.g. I can't glue the handle on before I do the resin because it'll make it much harder to spin.