a bit of lilac

[scouseroy]

a Friend gave me a piece of lilac they were chopping down, I managed to cut it up (with a hand saw... God it was hard!!) and I have made this out of it the wood was still a little bit wet and its cracked slightly in a couple of places but I have soaked it in CA, hope it will hold it together?

 

[Terry]

Nice bit of wood and you are certainly getting a nice shape into your pens Roy !!!!

 

[chas_41_uk]

Very nice Roy

 

[Neil]

Roy,

I hope this holds together for you, unfortunately Lilac is a very difficult wood to dry and has a tendency to split. One of the down sides of being wet is that it isnt easy to clean away the dust prior to polishing/finishing and it looks as though you have brown rings top and bottom of each blank which could be swarf from the sanding of the bushes or just general crud off the sanding medium. Did you sand this lathe running or hand sand with the grain lathe stationery?

 

[paulm]

Very nice Roy, I hope it stands the test of time and holds together.

 

[scouseroy]

Roy,

I hope this holds together for you, unfortunately Lilac is a very difficult wood to dry and has a tendency to split. One of the down sides of being wet is that it isnt easy to clean away the dust prior to polishing/finishing and it looks as though you have brown rings top and bottom of each blank which could be swarf from the sanding of the bushes or just general crud off the sanding medium. Did you sand this lathe running or hand sand with the grain lathe stationery?

I sanded on the lathe, but I always stop and go with the grain before moving to the next grit, Yep its a bit of sanding crud at the ends , I kept having to add glue as it started to split at the ends and the wet glue was collecting dust,

 

[billyb_imp]

Very nice looking pen Roy, good shape

 

[Jim]

Well made Roy, with a bit of luck it will hold my friend .. I like how the grain looks as though it has an index pointing finger ...

 

[yorkshireman]

Looks good Roy. I have quite a bit of 2'' lilac drying at the moment. Hope its as good as yours.

 

[scouseroy]

Well made Roy, with a bit of luck it will hold my friend .. I like how the grain looks as though it has an index pointing finger ...

Oh yeah!! I hadn't noticed that! its giving me the thumbs down

 

[bassethound]

If that holds up you will have a nice pen there mate nice piece wood that is! nice shape too!

 

[Matt]

Very nice, hope it hold together for you

 

[Woody]

Very nice Roy That is one nice shape mate well done