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    Aussie wood

    Our Penpal sent me a bunch of wonderful blanks from down there. Here is what I did with a little but great piece of Conkerberry, framed with desert iron wood, based on a slimline. I never saw any wood with so strange orange hues! Maybe I should have use something darker for the fittings, like...
  2. flexi

    Not what I expected!

    Hi guys, well you saw my stash of ply blanks I needed to turn one.... This has come out way darker than I thought it would, but that's the game we play with wood....
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    Discolouration of light timber by adjacent dark timber during sanding and finishing.

    Hi Everyone, I sometimes make pens with glued sections of timber. One that I particularly like is, for example, maple bands in ebony, or vice versa. However, I often find that the darker timber discolours the lighter timber, making it beige or, even worse, just a dirty grey colour. Does anyone...
  4. S

    Most recent pens

    2 Craftprokits Premier Pen Kit the lighter one is a wood called Panco I think not sure of the second darker one?? Any comments or feedback are greatly received.
    • Savor1
    • Thread
    • comments darker feedback greatly potw18 received
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Wood Turned Pens
  5. Neil Lawton

    A small commission.

    Two sets of pens in custom made boxes. Lighter looking Olive in gunmetal with darker looking Olive in gold, boxes in Mahogany with pinned fittings.
  6. G

    Identify Second Pictures

    These are the best I can do,even now I think the wood is a little darker and not as red. Glen
    • glenpen
    • Thread
    • 18115 darker glen mdn pictures red wood
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Turning Pens
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