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[Woodnknots]

I turned the amboyna SL and the corncob JG yesterday, the rest I did today. From left to right we have curly walnut (purpleheart oops bands), corn cob, buckeye burl, amboyna, blue acrylester, red acrylester, and king wood. Comments/critiques welcome!

 

[johncrane]

great looking bunch my choice is curly walnut[]

 

[Ligget]

Good work, is the pen on the right that big?
Is it a Gent?[:0]

 

[Ausdan]

All look good but my choice would be the buckeye.

 

[Marc Phillips]

Wow... I like them all! .... the shape on the slimlines looks cool... are they comfy?

The "oops" bands... I am curious about that... whenever I have butchered a blank on the lathe, it ended up in the trash... Did you turn off the "oops" and then glue on the purpleheart?

 

[Jim15]

They all look good, nice work.

 

[Woodnknots]

Originally posted by Marc Phillips
<br />Wow... I like them all! .... the shape on the slimlines looks cool... are they comfy?

The "oops" bands... I am curious about that... whenever I have butchered a blank on the lathe, it ended up in the trash... Did you turn off the "oops" and then glue on the purpleheart?

Yes, I used a thin parting tool. I only had an oops on one end, but I figured it would look unbalanced that way, so I do both ends. The purple heart I drilled, then cut pieces square with my chop saw.

As for the SL shape. It's very comfy. I experimented with alot of SL shapes in my earlier days, as this is one I went to just for the sake of time and ease of shaping. This is by far the most comfortable shape I have done for a SL.

 

[Woodnknots]

Originally posted by ligget
<br />Good work, is the pen on the right that big?
Is it a Gent?[:0]

It's a JG. It just looks bigger because of it's location on the pic.

 

[Ligget]

Thanks, your pens are looking great!

 

[woodmarc]

They all look great. I think that is the first time I've actually seen curly walnut![] That has to be my favorite of the bunch as well.

I think I will have to see If I can get some of that. Anyone.....

 

[Woodnknots]

Originally posted by woodmarc
<br />They all look great. I think that is the first time I've actually seen curly walnut![] That has to be my favorite of the bunch as well.

I think I will have to see If I can get some of that. Anyone.....

I have some left from a tree that I harvested earlier this year. I would be willing to trade some for something really nice.[][}]

 

[Radman]

Originally posted by Marc Phillips
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The "oops" bands... I am curious about that... whenever I have butchered a blank on the lathe, it ended up in the trash... Did you turn off the "oops" and then glue on the purpleheart?

I've not tried an oops band yet. Whenver I have a blowout of such, I turn all the way down to the bushings, sand 'em smooth and reuse them.