Hi All, Yesterday I bought a pound of carnuba wax flakes/crystals/powder. ($16.95) I tried melting it in a baby food jar in my electric glue pot. Didn't work. I then took it upstairs and put the jar in a pan and boiled water with the jar sitting in it. It melted. I let it cool and it solidified again and came out just as hard as it was before except it was now a solid mass. I then took the melted carnuba and melted my regular wax and mixed the two. Does any one have experience with the proper way to mix this carnuba to where it is useable? I suspect that the carnuba did not mix with my regular wax and when I get to it in the can it will be clunks of hard mass? The people at the woodstore didn't know any more than I do. Is anyone using the bag type dust collectors in their shop? I looked at the Jet 1 hp unit and the Delta 1.5 HP unit. Has anyone tried picking up shaving from a working lathe? Are you using a second stage (trash can) to collect the heavier stuff before it goes into the bag? Any opinions? Thanks I thought this would make a good Christmas present for my wife, don't you think? :>) James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G pianoman@inlink.com Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in St. Louis, MO
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