Cracked Blanks

[Jimjam66]

Sorry Dave but if a bit of wood is going to split a ca finish wont stop it from happening as you all know I only ever use a polish finish on my pens and I have never had a Mallee pen split on me but I have seen large Mallee burrs with splits in them I thing Jim it is just down to bad luck mate we have all had the odd dodge bit of wood that misbehaves

What a bu@@er. sas to see them split.

Only ever turned brown male one and never had it do any splitting.

I agree with Grandad on the one, ca won't stop it cracking.

I have had kingwood split on me and that had a million coats of ca..

I like the brass filling idea Jim.

I bow to the wisdom of the aged ...

:pray::pray:

 

[Grump]

I agree that ca won't stop a split, if it's gonna happen there ain't no stopping it.
I also don't like the idea of filling it. Strip it off and do it again with some real wood init?
Elm, Laburnum, Yew, Olive and all the Burrs thereof, we have some fantastic native woods without sodding about.
Before Neil spouts off about not being indigenous, I mean home grown.

 

[turnaround360]

Jim this is were the stabilizing would be handy.

 

[Jim]

Maybe taking it off and starting again will be what i will be doing, when i get my workshop finished and all sorted out i do believe that i have two pieces of the wood left. I will post it off to two members to let them use it if they like as i do believe that it is the wood that is the issue here .. As many have stated i have also never had issues with this Malleee before ..

Again, thanks for all the input folks..

Jim this is were the stabilizing would be handy.

Hopefully Frankie, I will be giving this plenty of attention very soon ..

 

[Buckeye]

Hopefully Frankie, I will be giving this plenty of attention very soon ..

Keep us in the loop with that, please Jim.

Peter

 

[Neil]

Cracked blanks =
Blunt drills
Wet wood
Stressed wood
Heat generation through sanding.

Not drills as different drills used
Wet wood, unlikely if it was mallee, most aus burrs that appear over here seem to have been cut around 1870
Stressed wood, not on a burr.
Heat generation???

 

[wm460]

Before Neil spouts off about not being indigenous, I mean home grown.

But Brown Mallee is indigenous.