Maple burl

[Paul hd]

Hi All,

This was going to be for a Rollester pen kit but I decided not to fit the parts.

The wood was pretty punky and I didn't do a great job of filling. I wanted to see how this lovely Maple looked with a finish, so I completed the process.

Maple burl pen blank - YouTube

 

[Penpal]

MAPLE CAN MESMERISE YOU Paul,takes a lovely appearance lightly stained.

Peter.

 

[Frederick]

Enjoyed the video. I think it's good to see how others work and think.
I wish there were more. Thanks

Frederick

 

[fortress]

What a lovely blank, it’s just a same about the damage. Thanks again for sharing Paul.

 

[wm460]

Lovely looking blank .

 

[flexi]

Great looking blank.......some you win, some we try bloody hard and it still beats you!!
It's all a learning curve!!

 

[Phil Dart]

A valiant effort. I agree that filling it earlier might have mad a difference, but that's easy for me to say in hindsight. A slightly different gouge presentation may have perhaps made a difference too - but again, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

[Paul hd]

A slightly different gouge presentation may have perhaps made a difference too

Hi Phil,

Do you mean use more of a shear scrape cut? I see the tool was nose in at the catch point.

Cheers,
Paul.

 

[Phil Dart]

Do you mean use more of a shear scrape cut? I see the tool was nose in at the catch point.

Difficult to see from your video exactly your presentation but it looks like you are using a pull cut in a sort of scraping action on the wing but with the bevel rubbing. You could try turning the flute to about 10 o'clock, bring the handle into your body a wee bit more so you're presenting the tip at about 2 o'clock, and use a very very light push cut with the bevel rubbing. That would be quite a bit less aggressive than a pull cut or a scrape or than presenting the tip either on the wing or at 12 o'clock.

As you've already highlighted though, I think however you had presented what ever type of tool, you probably couldn't have saved it unless you'd spotted the rotted earlier. You were just unfortunate on this occasion.

 

[Les ELm]

Nice save.

Les