Since this is my first pair, i also just used mineral oil, however i am running into the same problems as you i think, they seem to absorb a lot of moisture. so i might look into some other finishes when i make my next pair
End grain, the strength in them is of course weaker for this reason so not recommended :) but it worked, however they did break once, and i had to reglue. Regards
Been trying to learn about chopstick making and am running into issues you may be able to help me with. How strong are your sticks along the glue line? For some reason with my sets they keep breaking along the glued seam.
I can try :) glueing endgrain pieces together can almost always be tricky, unless they're sealed with something first before gluing, for example you soak the end grain with some glue and then wait till it dries, and then gluing the pieces together could prove beneficial, however I haven't tried it so I don't know how it will hold up both look wise and structurally. I did have mine snap at the line as well, so I reglued it, and hasn't snapped yet, although these chopsticks have only seen very little use since I made them mainly for practice. Hope I could shed some light on your problem :)
@@lorddelle hmm interesting. I was attempting some gradient stacking( first piece is 1/16, second is 1/8 and do on to form a gradient between 2 wood colors) and it kept breaking under very little stress. I’ll give that technique a go and see how it turns out. Re-gluing isn’t going to work since the footprint of my sticks appears to be half as thick as yours (1/8 - 1/4 tapered)
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Beautiful work
You did a good job, those chopsticks are beautiful.
Thank you Melisa!
Very nice! Well done.
love your work
Amazing work!
Wow they are beautiful!!😍
God the are gorgeous!! Talk about inspiration.
Also, I'm glad I read the description and turned on my captions.
Thank you so much! :)
@@lorddelle oh please, thank you for such a wonderful video. And for the like and comment, I feel so honored.
mate, thats excellent! I love the hand made feel!
Beautiful!
Amazing
I feel like you could've gotten 2 pairs of chopstick out of that initial block but cool to see an alternative to hand planing
Nice work
Great job!
Thanks!
Nice I like it
This is beautiful but i rather take that unglued one over glue one :3
what kind of oil did you use? ive used mineral oil in the past for food safe products but have had issues with it not sealing out moisture well enough
Since this is my first pair, i also just used mineral oil, however i am running into the same problems as you i think, they seem to absorb a lot of moisture. so i might look into some other finishes when i make my next pair
i know there's a few food safe finishes out there. i suppose you could pick up a food safe epoxy and coat them in that.
Maybe, as a suggestion, try using beeswax. It is what I have used in the past for most of my finishing, especially on items that will touch food.
@@dolfinmagikpro as a Chinese I would say usually that is how we coat our chopsticks traditionally. works pretty well.
Ploycoat it’s food safe and keeps wood completely protected from water
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great job, but they need to be thinner, holding to tree trunks in your fingers is not something everyone can handle
I dont know if you are still around BUT Did you glue the wood side grain, long grain or end grain??
End grain, the strength in them is of course weaker for this reason so not recommended :) but it worked, however they did break once, and i had to reglue.
Regards
What kind of oil a you using
I just coated them with a single layer of food safe mineral oil
Been trying to learn about chopstick making and am running into issues you may be able to help me with. How strong are your sticks along the glue line? For some reason with my sets they keep breaking along the glued seam.
I can try :) glueing endgrain pieces together can almost always be tricky, unless they're sealed with something first before gluing, for example you soak the end grain with some glue and then wait till it dries, and then gluing the pieces together could prove beneficial, however I haven't tried it so I don't know how it will hold up both look wise and structurally. I did have mine snap at the line as well, so I reglued it, and hasn't snapped yet, although these chopsticks have only seen very little use since I made them mainly for practice. Hope I could shed some light on your problem :)
@@lorddelle hmm interesting. I was attempting some gradient stacking( first piece is 1/16, second is 1/8 and do on to form a gradient between 2 wood colors) and it kept breaking under very little stress. I’ll give that technique a go and see how it turns out. Re-gluing isn’t going to work since the footprint of my sticks appears to be half as thick as yours (1/8 - 1/4 tapered)