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So, my spinning wheel is finally nearing completion. I've just got the stained legs to finish and the scotch tensioner to build. The tensioner is going to be a peg held in a clamp, similar (in principle, not typical implementation) to a violin tuning peg. I decided to use a scrap of cherry wood left over from the footman to use for the clamp (the footman is the piece of wood which connects the treadle and the flywheel). I cut the piece off from the footman before I finished the footman, so it provides a nice contrast on what the Tried and True varnish oil that I used does for cherry. In the following picture, the unfinished piece of cherry wood is in my hand, the and the footman is the tall, thin vertical thing immediately to its left:



(as usual, click to see the full size version.)

I've been really happy with the Tried and True varnish oil so far, though I have no experience with how durable it is, or how well it wears over time. It's easy to apply (no fumes means that I can do it safely in our apartment without having to open the windows, plus it's trivially easy to get an even coat) and looks very nice once it cures.