Thanks for the comment, Cary. Michael Cardew’s life’s work was filled with generosity. Truly one of my mentors, though we never met. My teacher, Val Cushing was another, and it was my honor to have known him. I’ve been blessed with amazing teachers. Teachers who have shown me that I have to give to get.

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Haha, I new what you really meant. I think if you use Google Translate “Meatloaf” translates to “Neatlac”.

Hey Ron. Thanks so much for taking time to leave this comment. I understand the usefulness of videos. You’ve hit the nail on the head about reading and re-reading though. Some of this tooling stuff can be pretty complex, and we have to really dig in to understand it. I’ve learned so much about machining my tools from videos, but there’s no replacement for the books I use. I had the same experience as a teenager studying Bruce Grant’s braiding books. I’d get so frustrated that I’d put the book down, and later pick it up and the words made sense. Hands on instruction is best. Especially if we take good notes on the details that register with us. I do this when watching videos. I also keep volumes of reference material to go back to. It sure makes my day when I hear that my books and videos that I post are being helpful. Keep on beating that cow hide.
Gordon

I just noticed that my spell check wrote meatloaf instead of Neatlac. 😮 Hahaha!

Hey Doug.
Meatloaf and wyosheen are both nitrocellulose lacquers. Even a fairly thick coat of lacquer on wood dries in about 15 or 20 minutes. On leather it’s almost instantaneous.