Neat woodworking project

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:09 pm Post subject: Neat woodworking project

I thought of Suz when I saw this. I winder how hard it is to find that wood?

www.littlethings.com/g...ign=PFPost

Suzanne · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

Thanks Pumpkin I can always use ideas. I have some glow in the dark acrylic powder that we use in the lab to make retainers with. Suppose I could try some mixed into epoxy and see what happens. I was thinking of a turned lamp and just turn some spirals to be filled with the glow. The lamp light would charge the glow (a camera flash works well too) then when you turn the light off it would glow in the dark. You could use any wood, just make some decorative pattern in it and fill with the glow stuff.

Suz

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

See! I knew Suz would have good ideas!

Elvis · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

I bought some glow powder..stuff all $...and mixed it with clear nail polish, great on bead of shottie and light switches around the house. put some on your torches too makes them easy to find at night on bedside table.
Ive seen a macrocarpa rough slab cut 4" thich as table top the bark shake and knot cavities were filled with resin with bullets and coins dropped into them, you could do the glow thing with a clear layer over top if you wanted to go really flash.

radar · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

Im with you Elvis - slab macrocarpa - it'd be awesome!

wiersy111 · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:24 am Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

Wow that gives me more ideas to make money. I would love to make the counter top and table tops for bars.

slimjim · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:20 am Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

Very creative. Hope its not radioactive!?

Elvis · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

slimjim wrote:

Very creative. Hope its not radioactive!?

phosphorescent powder...the same as stuff clock makers have used for years to make Mickey Mouses hands glow so you can tell time in the dark.

slimjim · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:48 pm Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

Elvis wrote:

phosphorescent powder...the same as stuff clock makers have used for years to make Mickey Mouses hands glow so you can tell time in the dark.

Yep, radioactive.

PaulS · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

They don't use the powdered radium to make the clocks. They use a compound that is not radioactive but absorbs UV and the blue light spectrum and then releases it at a lower frequency light over an extended period.

slimjim · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: Neat woodworking project

Thanks, Paul, for the clarification! Definitely a neat table!