Maple blanks

[GECKO]

Disclaimer. This is a gauging interest post. I have talked to ripjack13 and he ok’ed this post.
I have been cleaning up rough cut Western Maple boards and during this process I end up with lot of small pieces that might be useful to pen makers.
the thickness of them are a minimum of 7/8” thick. Length and widths vary.
Moisture content is about 10 percent.
I am giving these away free to anyone who wants them. You pay only shipping.
please let me know if you are interested and I will start another thread to get things going.
pictures show what the wood looks like.

 

[daniscool]

Most of that spalting will really show up if they are stabilized. Some of our pen turners certainly have a stabilizing setup.

 

[ScoutDog]

Howdy @GECKO That's some good looking stuff! My $0.02 :
I would say there is definitely interest! And, I anticipate that you could charge more for these pieces than just shipping and still sell the whole lot. If some of them could be used without stabilizing, I'm sure the demand (interest) would be even greater.
Thanks for posting!

 

[GECKO]

A couple of things. First is I was welcomed to this site and allowed to show my works even though this is a wood barter site. Second is that I love sharing wood and giving back woods that I will never use. You never know what kind of woods I might run into that I can’t use. I am a person who watches market place for free wood and I have picked up some that I may not use but others might like. I am not here to make money. I am here for the love of wood working and the chance to learn.

 

[daniscool]

A couple of things. First is I was welcomed to this site and allowed to show my works even though this is a wood barter site. Second is that I love sharing wood and giving back woods that I will never use. You never know what kind of woods I might run into that I can’t use. I am a person who watches market place for free wood and I have picked up some that I may not use but others might like. I am not here to make money. I am here for the love of wood working and the chance to learn.

Like so many of us. You are the kind of person we love to have around. I am happy you found this site. Not only, have you posted your beautiful boxes but you also give away free stuff. What a nice guy.

 

[GECKO]

So I am ready to start posting the maple for pen makers. Before I do; I would like to know what are the minimum width, depth, and length of the blanks you use so I make sure you get usable boards to cut them from.

 

[Nubsnstubs]

So I am ready to start posting the maple for pen makers. Before I do; I would like to know what are the minimum width, depth, and length of the blanks you use so I make sure you get usable boards to cut them from.

Minimum would be about 3/4 square x 5" long, even though most of the pens I've made I use 2 1/2" blanks and cut them to fit. . Longer and larger would be better though. What you posted wood work without issue. ............ Nubs

 

[Nature Man]

Minimum would be about 3/4 square x 5" long, even though most of the pens I've made I use 2 1/2" blanks and cut them to fit. . Longer and larger would be better though. What you posted wood work without issue. ............ Nubs

And a lot of folks have the ability to cut their own from boards.

 

[JonathanH]

Rick, here is a list of nominal sizes for many of the items that are commonly made. It may help now or in the future.

3/4" x 3/4" x 5" is a very common size for pen blanks and it works well. 1" x 1" x 5" as a starting point gives a little more wiggle room if the hole isn't drilled dead center. I messed up a few pen blanks before learning to be consistent with drilling center.

List of Nominal Sizes Needed for Blanks.

This is a list of minimum size requirements to make the following items.... If you have a suggestion for the list, please post your idea here in this topic. ~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~ Duck Calls 2 Piece 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 5-1/4" Wood-Duck...

woodbarter.com

 

[Bill12035]

While 3/4" square by 5" is fine for most pens. Those that do pens like the Apollo kit from Bullseye Turning Supply really need a blank that is 1" square by 6" long. Just something to consider. Good luck.

 

[GECKO]

Thanks. I will start getting them ready.

 

[GECKO]

So today I got 15 boards ready for pen makers today I will try to post some of them tomorrow I am still learning the rules on what I can and can’t do as far as posting photos I just need to not have so many images in one post I will try again tommorow.

 

[Nubsnstubs]

You are allowed 10 pictures per post. ........... Nubs

 

[GECKO]

Yes I found that out. Thanks