Stabilizing Wood

i use a milk can from a friends old milk house that i set containers of wood filled with minwax polyurethane. i put a fitting on the lid so i can attach it to a portable vacuum pump from a hospital. for smaller ammounts i'm trying plastic bags with a few pieces submerged in polyurethane to cut down on the mess when it foams up from bubbling when the air is pulled from the wood. i leave it under vacuum for a week in 1" thick blocks then cut it in half and do it again. there are better products other than the minwax polyurethane which you might want to check into. there are other articles on this subject if you search for them.
 
PENTACRYL.

available at lee valley.

prevents cracking and wood form drying out. Fills every cell of the wood structure and dries.

nuff said.

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Or you could get it done professionally, and KNOW that it'll last longer than the steel it's surrounding (slight exaggeration.) The name that comes to mind is WSSI, but you can ask around Knifemaker's Forum (damn, that's like the sixth time I've said that in the last week... sudden influx of semi-pros, I guess.)
 
I'm with lucky bob on this one...when I first got into knifemaking I was planning on doing my own stabilizing but after doing a ton of research on the subject I found that unless you are going to go into business stabilizing wood it's better to just let the pro's do it. It would take too much money and equipment to do it right without the intent of starting a stabilizing business. Send it to WSSI...you won't be disappointed.
 
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