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Post by sachbvn on Jan 23, 2010 13:12:28 GMT -6
This little gem came from deepsplinter! Thanks! Spalted Sycamore with gun metal finish. As usual - the pictures don't do it justice, a real nice amount of that dark black "inky" looking lines running through it - real nice stuff! Thanks, Zac   |
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Post by Doug B on Jan 23, 2010 13:21:47 GMT -6
Hot dang! Look at the curves on that one!  That's definitely some nice looking wood porn Zac. Beautiful wood and a nicely made pen. |
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Post by sachbvn on Jan 23, 2010 16:04:58 GMT -6
She is a looker - I agree  Thanks Doug! Zac |
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Post by deepsplinter on Jan 24, 2010 6:57:17 GMT -6
Zac, you'll want to kill me..... I was doing a cabinet job for a guy awhile back (the guy that turned donuts in his living room) and used that qtr-sawn sycamore for the drawer sides. I didn't want any spalting in the drawers. Spalting looks great most places, but not in your drawers (there's a joke there somewhere, but I can't come up with one  ), so I cut around it and probably ended up burning it. Lotta pens went up in smoke. I'm sooo sorry. |
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Post by sachbvn on Jan 24, 2010 7:19:24 GMT -6
You're right Dave - I damn near spalted in my drawers when I read your post! Nah, it's fine. Hey - sometimes you just can't hold onto scraps forever, no matter how many pen turners you know. For anyone who thinks they are bad about keeping scraps around - what do you think it's like for people who turn pens??? lol - I just pulled out a scrap piece of wood that's been sitting in a big metal trash can for over a year - I cut a section of it and turned a cone type, friction fit thing to hold brass casings while I polish them with my dremel.... No worries man. Hopefully we've got you straightened out about throwing away the center folds of a board!  Zac |
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Post by Doug B on Jan 24, 2010 12:31:36 GMT -6
I have heated my present home almost exclusively with wood for over 20 years - no telling how much beautiful pen material went up in smoke before I even knew what a lathe was. I still have a slight hesitation when putting another log on the fire - my wife burst out laughing the other day when she saw me looking a piece of firewood over carefully before throwing it in the stove. She knew exactly what I was thinking ;D
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Post by maverick31 on Jan 24, 2010 20:34:06 GMT -6
great job on the pen. gotta love spalted drawers. that is pretty funny
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), so I cut around it and probably ended up burning it. Lotta pens went up in smoke.
