/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1560766
>>1553149
>yet more dice
Okay, someone stop me.

Here's a 5-peice 20mm dice set I finished this morning. I used mimosa wood (Albizia julibrissin.) It is really easy super to sand, but HOLY HELL it is very difficult to saw through with a power tool. It sorta slows the blade down in a weird way. I've never had any other wood do that before, even when green. These are mostly green and only seasoned for a couple of months. I thought the table saw motor was going to burn up. According to wood database, mimosa wood is similar to American sycamore in hardness and I think that's about right. Due to their much larger size, I decided to do a longer semi-stabilization process with mineral oil. I pulled 26inHg for 8 hours, released the seal, waited an hour, and pulled 25inHG again. A few hours later I released the seal and let them soak up more mineral oil.

I'm hoping the double treatment will help prevent this green wood from splitting later on. I forgot to re-dip the cut ends of the limb I used and overnight its hearts were showing signs of splitting already. I re-dipped them in hot wax and set them back to season. Since the dice didn't start splitting in that amount of time, there's some hope they won't split later.

These are a bit oversized and nearly the largest I can make with the Dremel 580 saw table with 4 inch blade. If I pulled out the band saw, I could make larger ones, but as a 5-set this is a handful and the largest that is needed for a 5-set roll. They have a nice feel to them and roll well.

Now, I have a 15-piece 10mm set, 5-peice 14mm set, 2-peice 16mm set, and a 5-peice 20mm set.