One man's trash?

[jbjwood2000]

Hi all! Was at the local landfill the other day and saw some interesting small pieces of wood. Was able to get two of these blanks out of one. Thanks to the school of the IAP and all the tips from the wonderful people here, was able to get this done. It is an El Grande kit. The wood is soft, believe it is spalted birch. Not much else but sitka spuce, cottonwood and very few others here on Kodiak Island. Thanks for looking and for all the great helpful advice! Jeff

Guess it is true, one man's trash is another man's treasure.

 

[WoodChucker]

Nice job on the pen and congrats on the find!

R.T.

 

[tipusnr]

Great find and even better design!

 

[penhead]

Really nice wood there, and a great looking pen..another piece of ignored wood saved by an IAP member[]


JohnPayton

 

[Fred in NC]

Well, found wood produced beautiful results, Jeff. The pen is very nice, and the finish looks great from here.

 

[Chuck C]

Nice looking pen

 

[ryannmphs]

Nice looking pen there. You said the wood was soft, was that from the spalting? Did you stablize it somehow? Inquireing minds (well at least mine) want to know.

Thanks
Ryan

 

[dougle40]

Great looking pen Jeff. Keep on digging through the old wood pile , who knows what you'll come up with next.

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

Wow Jeff, that is beautiful and you can't beat the price of the wood! Nice job turning also!

 

[jbjwood2000]

Thanks for the comments. The rest of the stuff was all soft to. Just used lots of ca glue, got love the stuff. Just don't like the smell! Jeff