Buckeye On Mesa

[kludge77]

Buckeye Burl on Elegant Sierra with Mesa theme.

That stuff is a PAIN to turn. Very soft and unstable. I lost 3 blanks (even with my skew honed on the WS to 4000 grit) Finally nailed the fourth one, racked it up to sheer dumb luck and called it good! :biggrin: 12 or so coats of CA

 

[Old Lar]

Nice job on the buckeye. Spalted woods need a lot of ca to stabilize them as you turn. Turn a little, ca a little. I really like to work with punky spalted woods as they make some beautiful pens as you found out.

 

[SCR0LL3R]

Looks great! It has a bit of curly on it too which is nice.

If you can buy some that's already been stabilized, it might be worth the few extra $. I have only ever used stabilized buckeye.

 

[jfoh]

You just need a little cactus juice. I juiced one and it ended up in the wash. Came out none the worse for the wear. Now I do not recommend the mistake I made but it did show me that the juice does works well.

 

[jbswearingen]

You just need a little cactus juice. I juiced one and it ended up in the wash. Came out none the worse for the wear. Now I do not recommend the mistake I made but it did show me that the juice does works well.

You need a pressure or vacuum pot for this, right?

 

[ghostrider]

You just need a little cactus juice. I juiced one and it ended up in the wash. Came out none the worse for the wear. Now I do not recommend the mistake I made but it did show me that the juice does works well.

You need a pressure or vacuum pot for this, right?

Vacume.


Nice pen. Like the way your photag skills show the most of your pens.