Penpal
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Australian waddy wood
- Thread starter Penpal
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Another classic Peter. Thanks for showing!!!!!
Have you thought of exporting blanks Peter. There's a few blokes on here would love to deal with you I'm sure.
Penpal
Grand Master
Thanks for the kind words, I have never been tempted to export timber to the UK cause whenever I have done swaps etc in the past the inordinate time it takes firstly finding the unusual when I pack I use that ultralight sheeting campers put under their sleeping bags plus tape etc. I once sold in Australia 2000 Brown Mallee Burl blanks minimum packs of 9 blanks all sold in one week sold at my cost 1.50 yrs ago. Besides you and I know for every several blanks you buy at a distance one in several is a sought after one. I regret you do have access to some but not that many of our unusual timbers so I try to show through my pens what they are like.
Jim every pen finish depends on the timber etc however the paper I use is wet and dry starting at 1000 mostly only the one grade cause I use the Skew on the flat and that gives a smooth finish to begin with I often use U Beaut clear sanding sealer then one coat of thickish CA then spray set that then a brown stick polish twice then sometimes a mini buff, lately no overhead light in my pics to reduce the flair on the shine. When I turn plastic I use triple EEE U Beaut first them Mequires X polish so the finishing is simple but so effective for lasting that brown stick is excellent no finger marks etc. Try to keep everything repeatable and simple.
Kind regards Peter.
Jim every pen finish depends on the timber etc however the paper I use is wet and dry starting at 1000 mostly only the one grade cause I use the Skew on the flat and that gives a smooth finish to begin with I often use U Beaut clear sanding sealer then one coat of thickish CA then spray set that then a brown stick polish twice then sometimes a mini buff, lately no overhead light in my pics to reduce the flair on the shine. When I turn plastic I use triple EEE U Beaut first them Mequires X polish so the finishing is simple but so effective for lasting that brown stick is excellent no finger marks etc. Try to keep everything repeatable and simple.
Kind regards Peter.
Peter, thats well up there at your usual sky-high standard, my friend. The photo doesn't really do the intricate turning justice - it makes the pen look bigger than it is where in reality the scale of your work is very small and all the more remarkable. Do you use miniature turning tools to form your beads and coves?
Penpal
Grand Master
David, Like most of us yes I have various small tools but no I use the skew for all shaping except the easing around the clip sometimes. No two coves or beads follow any pattern sometimes left leaning slopes some reverse all part of the fun.
Kind regards Peter.
Kind regards Peter.
Another beauty Peter, thank you for sharing
That looks a really nice piece of wood Peter & a nicely shaped / turned / finished pen to boot
bluntchisel
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Nice work, Peter - a great-looking pen.
Bob.
Bob.