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Wet Sanding the Frame The entertainment unit frame is wet sanded, and stainless steel perforation is demonstrated. From "Freeform Furniture" episode DFFF-112

Host Amy Devers wet sands the wood frame with tung oil and wipes off the excess with a damp cloth. She then visits a water jet cutter to see how stainless steel can be perforated.

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	Host Amy Devers wet sands the frame with tung oil and then visits the water jet cutter.

Materials:

African mahogany
stainless steel sheet
ear protection
safety glasses
tape measure
forstner bit
biscuits--two different sizes
ruler
pencil
clamps
combination square
foaming glue
glue brush
band clamps
damp cloth
vinyl gloves
tung oil
plastic cup
respirator
lint free cloth
400-grit sandpaper
VHB tape
2 heavy duty square tubes
cauls
2 square rods
wallpaper
multi-purpose spray adhesive
wood panels
plastic wallpaper smoothing tool
stainless steel truss head screws
ball casters
small screws

Tools:

water jet cutter
table saw
planer
drill press
biscuit joiner
hand sander
utility knife
screw gun
drill

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

Wet Sanding the Frame and a Visit to a Water Jet Cutter

1. Use tung oil for the finish. Use a wet sand technique to apply it with 400-grit sandpaper.

   Note: Tung oil is a seed oil that is extracted from the nuts of a tung tree.

2. Pour a little bit of the tung oil onto the wood with a cotton cloth. Using long strokes go with the grain (figure A) and sand the surface.

3. Go back over the area with a soft cloth and wipe off any excess oil.

4. Once the entire piece has one coat of oil and has been thoroughly wiped down, let the finish dry for 24 hours. Then, repeat this process for two more coats.

5. The stainless steel box is made out of a single piece of steel that has been folded to fit inside the wooden frame. The box has tabs that fasten it to the wood. In order to precisely bend the metal, it needs to be perforated along the fold lines (figure B) and that is the perfect job for water jet technology.

6. A water jet cutter will input the design into the computer program that will control the water jet. Each perforation is a tiny circle that has to be cut out individually (figure C). A water jet works by pumping water through a tube at 50,000 pounds per square inch. Water alone at this speed can cut through most soft surfaces, adding abrasive materials to the water can increase the cutting power by nearly 10,000 times. After the perforations are made, the edges are trimmed and the process is complete.

RESOURCES :

Delta Woodworking Power Tools
Website: www.deltawoodworking.com

Festool
Website: www.festoolusa.com

Gladiator Garageworks by Whirlpool
Website: www.gladiatorgw.com

Stanley Tools Product Group
Website: www.stanleytools.com

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc.
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

WMH Tool Group
Website: www.wmhtoolgroup.com

Power Tools (Porter Cable)
Porter Cable Power Tools
Website: www.portercable.com

Hand Tools
Garrett Wade Co., Inc.
Website: www.garrettwade.com

The Peck Tool Company
Website: www.pecktool.com

Biesemeyer
Website: www.biesemeyer.com

Jogensen Adjustable Clamp Company
Website: www.adjustableclamp.com

Klein Tools
Website: www.kleintools.com

Power Tool Accessories
Woodcraft
Website: www.woodcraft.com

Ulmia GmbH
Website: www.ulmia.de

Shop Equipment
Eagle Manufacturing Company
Website: www.eagle-mfg.com

Waterjet Services
Flow International Corp.
Website: www.flowcorp.com

Greek Marble, Inc.
Phone: 323-221-6624

Forrest Manufacturing Company
Website: www.forrestblades.com

Wolf-Gordon, Inc.
Website: www.wolf-gordon.com

Adhesives, Abrasives and Safety Equipment
The 3M Company
Website: www.3m.com

GUESTS :

Jeff Bailey
Flow International Corp.
Website: www.flowcorp.com