punkinn
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I love the character of this wood. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. 
Nancy
Nancy
Buckeye Burl cigar
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punkinn
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Here is the whole pen. []
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leatherjunkie
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i think buckeye burl is one of the best burls.
i found that buckeye burl is hard to turn.
i ruined 4 blanks before i figured out how to turn it.
your pen looks great. i turned a cigar pen with buckeye burl used platinum hardware instead.
forgot to get a picture before i sold it.
i found that buckeye burl is hard to turn.
i ruined 4 blanks before i figured out how to turn it.
your pen looks great. i turned a cigar pen with buckeye burl used platinum hardware instead.
forgot to get a picture before i sold it.
punkinn
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I ruined a buckeye blank today too. [
] But this one sure made up for it! []Nancy
Jim in Oakville
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Great Looking Pen!
I have found that Buckeye is some what brittle even stabilized. I employee thin CA as I turn it down if I feel it might need it, and a frequently honed skew help a lot.
Again, Great looking pen
I have found that Buckeye is some what brittle even stabilized. I employee thin CA as I turn it down if I feel it might need it, and a frequently honed skew help a lot.
Again, Great looking pen
Glenn McCullough
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I MAY NEED A CLOSER LOOK, BUT TO ME IT IS QUiTE A NICE PEN...
punkinn
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LOL!!! That is sorta close, isn't it. [
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Show off![8D] Course, it's worth showing off![]
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arjudy
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I bet you could get top dollar for that from an OSU Buckeye fan. They just won the Fiesta Bowl.
denphillips2
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Looks VERY nice!!!
What did you use to finish it? I like that it is more a satin finish to match the satin nickel.
What did you use to finish it? I like that it is more a satin finish to match the satin nickel.
BigRob777
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Nancy,
Nice looking pen. I have never tried that burl, but hope to some day. Guess I'll be giving Dario an e-mail.
Rob
Nice looking pen. I have never tried that burl, but hope to some day. Guess I'll be giving Dario an e-mail.
Rob
Radman
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Very nice indeed. Not seen one like that before...
Radman[8D]
Radman[8D]
punkinn
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Finish was conventional sandpaper to 1500, friction polish, MicroMesh to 12,000, Hut Crystal Coat, then several coats of Liberon wax (the stick). It sounds long, but I like this part of the process the most and it only takes about 10 minutes to finish.
Nancy
punkinn
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Hey Rob, It's very brittle and from what I've seen already, even the "stabilized" ones are filled with voids (what a pain in the...) I ruined one blank before finishing this one off to my satisfaction.
Happy New Year!
Nancy
Dario
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With light cuts buckeye actually turn very easy. One thing I always do is soak it with thin CA as stabilizer before the final cut and I always use CA as sealer and finish on it.
One trick I do is fill the voids with reddish wood dust (I almost always use amboyna dust now) It creates an interesting color combination. I do this before the final cut so I won't have any bleeding to the adjoining parts.
That is a wild grained buckeye...good job!!!
One trick I do is fill the voids with reddish wood dust (I almost always use amboyna dust now) It creates an interesting color combination. I do this before the final cut so I won't have any bleeding to the adjoining parts.
That is a wild grained buckeye...good job!!!
Nancy...Very nice pen.
Jim gave some great advise in his post. There is really no reason to have a blow out with Buckeye Burl. Just keep your CA on hand and feel the blank as you turn it. If you feel a lite bump or something out of the ordinary turn the lathe off, put a few drops of glue in the hole, press some of your shavings into the glue, spray with accelerate, wait about 45 seconds and proceed.
Buckeye is one of my absolute favorite woods but it requires some special loving when you turn it.
Jim gave some great advise in his post. There is really no reason to have a blow out with Buckeye Burl. Just keep your CA on hand and feel the blank as you turn it. If you feel a lite bump or something out of the ordinary turn the lathe off, put a few drops of glue in the hole, press some of your shavings into the glue, spray with accelerate, wait about 45 seconds and proceed.
Buckeye is one of my absolute favorite woods but it requires some special loving when you turn it.
punkinn
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Thank you! Do you have any photos of buckeye with the amboyna dust in the voids? I'd like to see the contrast, I bet it's great.
Nancy
Dario
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Nancy,
I'll see if I can find any pictures at home. It's been a while since I took a pic of any buckeye pen that I made and not sure if I still have any on file. I should have...just made 13 of them before Christmas break.
I'll see if I can find any pictures at home. It's been a while since I took a pic of any buckeye pen that I made and not sure if I still have any on file. I should have...just made 13 of them before Christmas break.
leatherjunkie
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one problem i found with buckeye burl is sometimes there will be a knot in the blank that will pop out on you. i only had this happen once. and with my luck it had to pop out right when i was ready to start sanding it. lucky for me it happend at the edge of the blank where you would put the center band in. i was able to part that area and use a "oops band" to fix it.
i used af. blackwood about 1/4". the pen was a cigar pen.
went to work with it and was not allowed to leave work with the pen.
sometimes the little mistakes we make on the pens make em better.
i used af. blackwood about 1/4". the pen was a cigar pen.
went to work with it and was not allowed to leave work with the pen.
sometimes the little mistakes we make on the pens make em better.
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