Pine Cone Failed Attempt

[Jim]

Well, I attempted to turn the pine cones that Peter posted off to me earlier in the week. Respect to you guys who have managed to actually make a pen with them, i made a mistake with this one in the picture, i forgot myself and came up the blank using a carbide tool, it ripped the blank to pieces .. Well out of four blanks i managed to salvage one, hopefully i can find a blank that compliments this one to make a decent pen ... :pray:

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[Woody]

Wot are you like LOL I wonder if Terry will see this Jim it looks like you may have activated your membership mind I aint saying to much I haven't tried mine yet LOL

 

[Grump]

Mine still on mandrel I don't got in shed to finish it. Looks good so far though I hope I don't do same thing Jim so easy to do init?

 

[Terry]

Well, I attempted to turn the pine cones that Peter posted off to me earlier in the week. Respect to you guys who have managed to actually make a pen with them, i made a mistake with this one in the picture, i forgot myself and came up the blank using a carbide tool, it ripped the blank to pieces .. Well out of four blanks i managed to salvage one, hopefully i can find a blank that compliments this one to make a decent pen ... :pray:

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Andthere is me saying a week or so ago that we have made a turner out of you !!!!! LOL

 

[Buckeye]

Well, I attempted to turn the pine cones that Peter posted off to me earlier in the week. Respect to you guys who have managed to actually make a pen with them, i made a mistake with this one in the picture, i forgot myself and came up the blank using a carbide tool, it ripped the blank to pieces .. Well out of four blanks i managed to salvage one, hopefully i can find a blank that compliments this one to make a decent pen ... :pray:

Would you like me to put some more in the post? I use a skew and only go in one direction. I use CA as I go just to keep things tight.

Peter

 

[Jim]

Would you like me to put some more in the post? I use a skew and only go in one direction. I use CA as I go just to keep things tight.

Peter

Thanks for the offer Peter, i will get my golf friends to pick me some up off the courses they play, will be much cheaper than posting me some pine cones weekly lol ...

 

[Buckeye]

I will post you some tomorrow, but still get some of your own and prep them, it's worth doing at least once

Peter

 

[mattyts]

They cant all be perfect Jim

 

[Goulss]

Looks like fun is it like Banksia where you get machine gunned all the time

 

[Kardav]

Doesn't bode we'll for me when I get mine then! I'm only a learner........

 

[edlea]

Daughters decking is all done and fixed today ...so I'm going in on the pine cones tomorrow all guns blazing..Charge !!!!

 

[Buckeye]

Doesn't bode we'll for me when I get mine then! I'm only a learner........

We are all learners when turning something for the first time. Use a skew if possible from the beginning and make sure it is razor sharp. Only go in one direction, keep using CA as you turn, take light cuts and all will be hunky dory:pray:

Peter

 

[billyb_imp]

So Jim is a mere mortal after all, theirs hope for, me yet

 

[brody2123]

Does look a pretty tricky thing to turn mate.