We did! Checkout part one here if you haven't already. You can clearly see the treated side is much harder than the untreated side in the super duper official siceney "Tappy Tap Tap" test video below! That's great! How far did it penetrate?! Um... Yes? I haven't quite figured out how to measure it... But I can tell you for certain, it penetrated further than if it hadn't been thinned (I didn't tell you yet... After I did the "TappyTapTap" test I coated the opposite side witho

I heard a rumor that if you have soft wood, you can make your own viag... er um "penetrating resin." No I didn't type that with a straight face. Lol... OK, mind out of the gutter, time to get on with it (get it on?!?!? No, dammit - focus!) OK, back on topic. For real this time. Honest. So. We're talking about live edge wood specifically. I have a piece that's highly figured and spalted, that I want to make into a bench or table. However, because of spalting and other "charact

I can't say I actually thought I'd ever really use the speed control on my random orbital sander. But today I did. Yes it was even on purpose... And I'm impressed with how well it worked! Wait a minute... If you didn't think you'd use it, WTH did you buy it?!?! It was purdy?! No, well, yes, but... I like it because it has a real handle in addition to the normal palm grip. I find this helps dampen the vibrations from the sander better which is nice when you're using it for lon

Where did all this crap come from?! Who let the shed get so messy... again?! It wasn't you was it? Ugh... No, it was me. So. Tired. Of. Cleaning. I started with my office, (adding another 3D printer was a good motivator) and then I eventually ran out or reasons to procrastinate on cleaning the woodworking shed. Good news is that the cleaning phase is almost complete. It really needed to happen... now that I'm officially full time Makerneer-ing I need to be more organized. Whi