Nice blanks going around in the pass. So when are the photos of the finished products being posted?
Yep, it is a rosewood. Nice bottle stopper.Vern Tator said:Turning bottle stoppers is kind of fun, and pretty easy as long as I don't follow the directions. The directions for the chuck to hold the block were to drill a 23/64 hole and thread it on. Well in Kingwood that is accurate, but in maple burl or chestnut burl, it is way way tooo big. I decided to raid my burl supply of "pieces too small to save" and practiced on that. Saving to good stuff that I got in the pass. With the recommended hole size, and I drilled 8 blanks, the wood just spun on the mandrel. Stuffed shavings in the over sized hole and with the aid of the tailstock I managed to turn some.
First we have bigleaf maple burl times 3.
Then we have Chestnut burl, bigleaf maple burl and dyed bigleaf maple burl. I have seen some really cool work done by dying burl, but I can't seem to get the hang of it. It is usually too dark for my taste. And finally we have 2 from the box pass. They are Buckeye and Kingwood. I really liked turning the Kingwood. It's hard and holds detail really well. Hardly had to sand after turning with a skew. Smells like it may be a member of the rosewood family (dalbergia?) In fact next time I will wear my respirator, it seemed like any minute it was going to be a problem, but it wasn't.
Kevin said:David, let me know if you need my address again. If you're like me it's hard to keep track.
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DKMD said:Kevin said:David, let me know if you need my address again. If you're like me it's hard to keep track.
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I've got it, Kevin! It's on the wall in the men's room at the local wood mart... It says, "For flaming box elder, call...":lolol:
DKMD said:Wal-mart?:signhuh: You couldn't drag me into a Wal-mart! :noway:
I typed WOOD mart… Very high end clientele there!
DKMD said:The box landed here yesterday or day before, but I've been hammered at work! Lovely stuff… I'm thinking of taking the whole stash and making a run for Mexico!:evillaugh: Of course, I'd have to drive by Kevin's house, so I'll probably just mail them to him.
The package will go back in the mail today or tomorrow at the latest! Fun!
txpaulie said:Break it up, you two!
I thought I'd share my pickin's from the box pass...
Pa-duke, oak burl, and per-simmon...
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