Pine cones from my front yard.

[Drstrangefart]

Waited all year for that tree to drop its cones for me. It finally went down!

 

[joeatact]

Nice Work

 

[unclefuzzy]

pine cones

My neighbor has a large pine tree that I would love to try to turn the cones. Did you cast yours in acrylic?

 

[Drstrangefart]

My neighbor has a large pine tree that I would love to try to turn the cones. Did you cast yours in acrylic?

No, sir. I turned the core down like a normal, VERY delicate blank, then finished with CA.

 

[alphageek]

Excellent!!

 

[tbfoto]

So these were fresh cones from this year? The cones did not have to be "dried" any?

 

[Drstrangefart]

So these were fresh cones from this year? The cones did not have to be "dried" any?

The closest I did was let them sit on my workbench for a few weeks. They had few tabs to begin with, and squrrels chewed most of what was there off. I just mark it like a regular blank, slice it and drill it. They're tougher than I expected, but will punish you for using a dull gouge. I don't know the exact breed of tree, but the cores are thick enough to use like blanks un-stabilized.