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03-27-2008, 12:30 AM
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| Banned  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada
Posts: 877
|  A Gift From Australia I got a nice little gift of pen blanks in the mail this morning all the way from Australia from my good friend John B . They are woods that are native to Australia. Thanks a bunch John. Left to right is 8 Jarrah 3 Tasmanian oak 4 Mulga He told me that the Mulga is extremely hard wood and I will need to sharpen my tools real good to turn it. That should be interesting as I had never heard of Mulga before. . All he wants in exchange (after me insisting that I want to return the favor ) is a Cigar pen made from one of my woods native to Canada and I will surely follow up on that for him and get it in the mail to him . He is not a pen turner but was kind enough to cut the blanks to the right size for pens before sending them. I wiped the pieces with mineral spirits before taking a picture of the blanks. Just a little trick I learned from a ebay seller of how they show the colors better in their listings. W.Y.  |
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03-27-2008, 01:27 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan
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| How NICE! (but not a bit surprising from what I know about John B from reading the forum) Be sure to show us the finished products too! T |
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03-27-2008, 01:47 AM
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| MrsTrout's Husband  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hayward Calif.
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| A Gift From Australia.... this is the reasons I like this site some much.... Willian, I know your going to make the best out of that wood... there's been a couple projects that I've wanted to ask JohnB about and I know he would of been right there with the answer.... this one takes the cake for me...can you believe that Knothead offered to help me scroll saw 800 coasters for our daughters wedding favors.. how crazy is that! we sure have some great people here.... Trout Last edited by Trout : 03-27-2008 at 04:00 AM. |
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03-27-2008, 03:16 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mississauga, ON
Posts: 281
| Can't wait to see how you transform John's generous gift! Lois
__________________ Lois ---What we learn to do, we learn by doing… Aristotle--- |
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03-27-2008, 05:47 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: California
Posts: 560
| Those are some nice looking blanks! I hope you show the pens that you make, from these blanks.
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03-27-2008, 06:24 AM
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| Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada
Posts: 877
| By all means yes to those that have responded and want to see something made from that wood. . I will show at least one pen from each of those three species of wood. I will also show the pen that John will be receiving. I have been turning some large bowls and some other fast selling sale items on my lathe lately and my shop is in a chaotic condition right now. Hopefully by the first part of next week I will get it all cleaned up again and get back to making more pens. W.Y. |
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03-27-2008, 07:27 AM
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| Makin' Sawdust  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lakewood, WA USA
Posts: 112
| That JohnB sure is a tough negotiator.  Those are some nice blanks. They should make for some beautiful pens. I've only heard about those woods from reading John's posts here. I'm sure you will do a great job in highlighting the beauty of the wood with your talent.
__________________ Ed So far the best thing I've made is sawdust.  Delta SS350LS |
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03-28-2008, 02:17 AM
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| Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada
Posts: 877
| I decided to go out in my shop this afternoon midst the mess in there and try those three woods. The mulga is a very hard wood but no problem at all to turn and I made a pen from one of those blanks. It turns and sands and finishes very nicely. Then I made a jarrah pen with some inlay in it. Then I tried a Tasmanian oak and what a surprise that turned out to be. . The first one blew apart and I figured it was just a weak streak of wood though the blank . So I drilled and glued tubes into another one and the same thing happened. Then I cut a couple more barrels from the third one and glued tubes in it and used a very light touch with scary sharp tools and the same thing happened. It was such pretty wood and would loved to have seen it made into a pen. I doubt if all Tasmanian oak is like that . The blanks probably came out of the same board. It seemed hard on the outside but the dark streaks of grain in the inside was real soft and that was where they let go from the surrounding wood. OH , Well , we can't win 'em all and we just chalk these little mishaps up to experience. I have two coats of WB lacquer on the jarrah and mulga pens . Two or three more coats tomorrow and I will show pictures of them. Now I will get busy over the weekend and make a Pen for John B . W.Y. |
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03-28-2008, 10:02 PM
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| Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada
Posts: 877
| Got 5 coats of WB lacquer on both the Mulga pen and the Jarrah one and assembled them after lunch today . The mulga was a lot easier to work with than I had expected because it is heavier and harder than most woods I have worked with. I used a chrome Round Top Euro kit for that one.  And here is a Jarrah one as a modified slim-line . I used maple for the segmentation and center band.  W.Y. |
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03-29-2008, 04:58 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Williams Lake, BC
Posts: 271
| Wow! Beautiful pens. I really like the way you complimented the Jarrah with Maple. Did I happen to mention "Wow"?! Very nice.
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