Nore meranti from that pallet...

[bluntchisel]

Hi, Guys,

Here's a Junior Gents rollerball from my, by now, well-known meranti shipping pallet. This is a really nice wood to turn and polish, and my planks range from chocolate-brown to light-cream. Finished with grits to 600, a wipe of white spirit to remove the dust and to pop the grain, one application of BLO, then three coats of friction polish. Apologies for the piccies (this is my weaker skill!)

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As a point of interest, skilphil earlier uploaded a very nice chalice made from meranti, which goes to show how versatile this wonderful wood is. Such a shame that it's being turned into packing material (and then burned, probably!)


Bob.

 

[ni9eofse7en]

nice one..

 

[bassethound]

Very well done!...

 

[TonyMilner]

Very well made - at least your meranti will end up as lovely things.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Nice pen Bob

 

[Les ELm]

Looks well done.
Need better lighting to see the more blank detail.

Les

 

[woodhacker]

nice pen Bob

 

[Vic Perrin]

Very nice Bob the grain looks lovely

 

[Neil Lawton]

Nice recycling and an excellent pen Bob.

I've got quite a bit of Meranti Pallet wood ranging from red to creamy white, probably only thick enough for slimlines though.

 

[Macaronytony]

Nice pen Bob Love the grain in the blank, another wood I've never heard of....

 

[bluntchisel]

That's a shame, Neil, can you make them into letter opener handles?

Bob.

 

[Jim]

Another lovely pen from the pallet Bob, it sure does have some quality grain to it my friend ..

 

[Penpal]

At a meeting of my guild forever ago the Guest speaker a timber Scientist with slides of his years in the area spoke at length on timbers like Meranti and specifically about the way they grow in tropical areas where the grow without apparent growth rings because they continue to grow the year around. In the early days of the IAP there was a member who made priceless things from the nearby pallet dump where he lived some incredible grain and character on our forum recently firewood with excessive ripple in Western Australia Jarrah has been a staple timber to frame houses imagine the offcuts that result.

No surprises all timbers have character some surprising how you find them.

Peter.

 

[sfurini]

Nice pens - I like the look of the meranti

 

[bluntchisel]

Hi, Guys, Many thanks for your kind comments!

Bob.

 

[Doug]

That's a lovely pen Bob

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Bob.