Recent turns

[boodrow]

Hear or a few turns Ive done latley. I love the way the black and white ebony looks , the one that is so small is cause it had cracks in the wood and I had to turn it that far to get um out. The pine stopper is somethin new I tried on the finish , the fan pull is zebra wood. Thanks for lookin
Boodrow

[boodrow]

Oh well at least one of the 4 pics I posted showed up.
Boodrow

[maverick31]

well looks like you got the pics worked out. all look great. I especially like the shape of pine cone stopper. great job on all of them. This has probably been covered before but where did the fan pulls come from

[rdabpenman]

Hey, they all look great!
Well done.

Les

[Doug B]

The stoppers are all fantastic Boodrow! I love the shape of that BWE on the far left - that is very classy looking. And the Pine cone shape is very nice too. The third stopper is very striking too! Man, I really like all of them.

Now, the light pull...um, well, that one is not doing a whole lot for me. I usually really like Zebrawood too, but...I dunno about that one...you better check with your ladies at work to see what they say about that one...

I almost forgot...what is the change in your Pine Cone finish? It looks great!

[sachbvn]

Boodrow - I like the BWE stopper, the shape is neat.

I also like the fan pull a lot - more like what you'd normally get with a fan but much nicer looking.


Zac

[boodrow]

Thanks for the kind words yall
Mav I get the pull kits from craft supply usa
Doug the fan pull is what I call the bull nad design , I sell a lot thats made like that ,
I talked to another woodturn at our meetin this past sat. Showed him a couple of the pine stoppers ive made. He showed me some very nice finished pens that were finished with ca.
I ask him how could I get the ca a lil smoother on the cones , he said to start with there is nothin wrong with the present finish. I told him if u look close there are small swirl marks , He said he wet sands with micro mesh , I tried that on this one and it really made a smooth finish on it.
Boodrow

[deepsplinter]

I like 'em Boodrow.

BUT (with all due respect, and IMO) I think the pine cone stopper would look better if the bloodwood rings(?) were something darker....maybe something dipped in Cody's "ebonizing compound".

But whatta hell do I know?

[fredbelknap]

Well done boodrow. Looks like you are having to much fun:)

[Ruffnek]

That's a good group, Boo. I really like the shape of the B&W Ebony stopper.

Since Dave mentioned it, I have to say that I agree about the Bloodwood rings on the Pine Cone stoppers. I think Ebony would look great there instead of the Bloodwood.

[gomer]

Lookin' good Boodrow.

[boodrow]

thanks for the reply Fred , Cody , Gomer and Dave . And yes Fred im havin to much fun.
I also have turned a cone pull with mun ebony that is black , will take yalls idea and do one black , the last batch of bloodwood I got wasnt near red enough for me , I have some ordered from Penn State that should be here today. Again thanks fellers for all the nice words
Boodrow

[Doug B]

May 12, 2010 4:02:55 GMT -6 boodrow said:

Doug the fan pull is what I call the bull nad design , I sell a lot thats made like that ,

I like the name of the design... ;D

I told him if u look close there are small swirl marks , He said he wet sands with micro mesh , I tried that on this one and it really made a smooth finish on it.

Oh. I do that sometimes too, but usually the CA/BLO combination comes out with very small swirls for me, which most times comes out with the first (1500) MM pad. Sometimes I just add another very quick, very light coat of Med CA to get rid of the swirls. Wet sanding with MM is a last resort for me because it clogs up the MM and then I have to clean them, but it does work really well.