I like building rustic furniture.
If you have a 850 planer with the undulating head , it really rusticize (
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) a piece of furniture.
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. I use te 850 along with a dremel to give the project a rustic beat up look.
Also the finish helps to. That is what brings it all together. So it depends what kinda "rustic" yer wanting to make it look like.
lemme go find some photos and maybe they will help
Ok the first photos is of a rustic side board Im building. This is NOT completed. Still got alot to do. Currently Im concentrating on setting my shop up and then I will complete it.
This side board/ bar, is 7' long 3' wide, made of 2" thick pine. I used te 850 planer and dremel on this. I used some dark chocolate wax for the finish. I bought the wax from a local store they sell rustic mexican furniture and pottery an buy the wax by the 5 gallon bucket. They sold me a qt to do this project. From what they told me ya cant get this wax in the US they bring it in across the border.
Thats not to say you cant do the same thing with Antiqwax or some other furniture wax.
The next one is a bed I made for my daughter the head board is barn wood the base is walnut used the 850 to make the walnut look rustic and the ply is hickory, the finish is sprayed with enduro semi.
Nest is a rustic wine rack I made out of birch. They wanted a rust hand made look. Once again I used the 850. Stained it with Mohawk finished umber, sanded it to 180 then finished with a mixture of 1/3 acrylic- 1/3 mohawk finishes umber and 1/3 acetone.
I hope this helps.