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Yep got to agree with that the tea light I did just recently was as hard as nails and a bugger to get a nice finish 0ff the lathe.

As for drying I have started to rough turn any blanks and leave them testing by using a meter and also weighing them. Not tried pen blanks as all the ones I have are cut from kiln dried wood or are acrylic or polyester which over comes the problem especially the last two

<blockquote data-quote="Dalboy" data-source="post: 86439" data-attributes="member: 449">Yep got to agree with that the tea light I did just recently was as hard as nails and a bugger to get a nice finish 0ff the lathe.As for drying I have started to rough turn any blanks and leave them testing by using a meter and also weighing them. Not tried pen blanks as all the ones I have are cut from kiln dried wood or are acrylic or polyester which over comes the problem especially the last two<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/devil.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil&nbsp; &nbsp; :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /><img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/devil.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil&nbsp; &nbsp; :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /><img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/devil.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil&nbsp; &nbsp; :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dalboy, post: 86439, member: 449"] Yep got to agree with that the tea light I did just recently was as hard as nails and a bugger to get a nice finish 0ff the lathe. As for drying I have started to rough turn any blanks and leave them testing by using a meter and also weighing them. Not tried pen blanks as all the ones I have are cut from kiln dried wood or are acrylic or polyester which over comes the problem especially the last two:devil::devil::devil: [/QUOTE]

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