How To Stabilise Wood with Cactus Juice

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How to Stabilise Wood with Cactus Juice Resin is the topic of this video. I'll talk you through what equipment you need, how to carry out the process, as well as what result to expect at the end.
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When carrying out this process, do not leave ovens and pumps unattended at any time. I do not take any responsibility for any damage of injury caused as a result of attempting this process. Always follow the guidance provided by the suppliers instructions and safety data sheets.
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00:00 Intro
00:29 What is stabilised wood?
01:43 How to Dry Wood for Stabilising
04:31 How To Measure Moisture Content
06:23 Testing Weight
08:23 Cooling Blanks After Drying
09:30 How Much Water is in Wood?
11:00 How To Use Cactus Juice Products
14:54 Creating a Vacuum
18:33 Repressurising Wood
21:10 Soaking Blanks
21:55 Curing Stabilising Resin
24:55 Testing Weight Increase
26:39 Turning
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@MattEstlea 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching this video! Links to all the products used are in the description. If you want to see some of the project possible with stabilised woods, check out this video on my Main Channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hpaCea1psOC-hX0.html

@Shaggy-qh1en 5 ай бұрын

Just a tip…you can use a desiccant that you can pour into the box during the cooling period to help with moisture content. It attracts the moisture so the wood doesn’t and changes color over time as it becomes saturated. You can reuse the desiccant by drying it in the oven.

@johnbarney5787 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your method of checking moister content! So simple, it's genius! First time anyone has said that in the 100 videos I've watched! New subscriber for sure!

@dalehallmark9174 5 ай бұрын

I used cactus juice on a punky, spalted and burned piece of pecan wood (limb) that I dragged out of a burned pile from a landscaping project. The weight increase is impressive. My piece will be a base for some smallish sculpture (not yet decided) that I will do, maybe a fish or bird. This video was fun and informative, Thank you! and Greetings from Texas!

@andresilva8444 5 ай бұрын

Next series: How to make an OSB kitchen cabinet for my naked oven.

@NitFlickwick 5 ай бұрын

Great timing as I wait for some maple burl to show up to turn into chisel handles. I want something tougher than the wood alone.

@samwinstanley6820 5 ай бұрын

From a pure physics point you can dry faster with the vacuum pump alone. Water will boil below room temp at sufficiently low pressure and the vacuum will help extract the moisture. This will avoid talinising the wood which makes it harder to work with cutting tools

@callummondey4761 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Matt appreciate you sharing you knowledge

@user-qg6fy4yp8t 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting video!! Loved it!

@kennethnielsen3864 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@ddemczuk 5 ай бұрын

Great T-shirt, spiral out!

@slanwar 5 ай бұрын

I used a moisture meter with no prongs and worked really good.

@nicosgeo 23 күн бұрын

Q. Did you ever tried long set liquid glass? Although its viscous, its penetration and surface tension properties look very promising. Remember, the scale reads +/- 1g.

@jasondale503 5 ай бұрын

Awesome 🙌🏼

@dpmeyer4867 5 ай бұрын

thanks

@tom314 5 ай бұрын

Nice to see the process, I'll probably never do it myself but it was interesting and I learnt a lot. A decent roughing pump can be left running happily by itself, I think the longest we had one running permanently was 4 years (should have changed the oil before that point.....), the more time it's pumping atmosphere the shorter the oil change intervals though. Does your pump have a bleed screw on the second stage? This can be used to reduce the foaming of the oil in the pump if you run into those problems. On a time saving point, I mean this in the nicest way but watching you measure the average is slightly painful, personally I'd have just weighed them all at once and divided by the number of blanks. You then weigh a few test pieces.

@kylemckelvey2816 5 ай бұрын

Petition for Matt to get a new scale

@askoscarc6732 5 ай бұрын

Hello. Is their any room here for a beginner? I have a circular saw, a router and a jig saw. Also, hands. Do they help? Honestly. My only dream hear is to learn enough to build some really nice kitchen cabinets Myself. Thanks for the video's and your representation. Your doing great.

@AdamAugustPhoto 5 ай бұрын

Feels like deja vu, I'm sure I watched this a while ago? I've always wondered, does working on the stablised wood dull your tools quicker due the the added 'hardness'?

@thijspluis9998 5 ай бұрын

can you also do this with bigger pices? I saw the video with james wright and rob cosman making a saw with a purple maple handle, is that the same proces? and would you recomend colouring it before working on it or after it is done shaping just finnishing left?

@JMcMillen 5 ай бұрын

Question, what happens if you do this with wood or other material that isn't dry enough? A vacuum will usually cause water to boil at room temperature so it should just mostly evaporate off.