spalted crabapple
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unclefuzzy
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Outstanding!It looks almost liquid.
bking0217
Member
That's beautiful. Very nice work.
MAB11
Member
Love that wood. Great pen too.
louisbry
Member
David, a very nice looking pen. You did an excellent job on a difficult blank to turn.
Hubert H
Member
David, I like the wood - I like the finish - in short, you have a very nice pen.
G1Pens
Member
Beautiful wood. Good looking Pen.
ToddMR
Member
Never heard of someone using crabapple wood that is kind of funny. The pen looks great and turned well. Another nice pen!
Froggy
Member
Very nice!
Spalted woods can be a pain to turn.
Chris
Spalted woods can be a pain to turn.
Chris
2beast
Member
The pen turned out great.
That wood is spectacular
That wood is spectacular
ctubbs
Member
That is one fine looking pen. I have a bit of that wood from a tree in my yard that I haven't tried to do anything with yet. Guess it is time to make some shavings from it.
Charles
Charles
Drstrangefart
Member
That is extremely nice. Wish I had some of those blanks.
arioux
Member
Great pen on a wood that is a pain to turn unless it was stabilized.
Great job.
Great job.
ctubbs
Member
Mine are not as pretty as his, but how many? PM me and we will talk.
Charles
It was hard to turn. had to use plenty of monty's ca to stablize it as it was turned. no more of these blanks sorry........................
bitshird
Member
David the pen looks great, nice finish and an unusual choice for the timber, sure is pretty.
keithlong
Member
Another nice pen David, I'm gonna have to go through your pen blank pile. HaHaHa!
phillywood
Member
Ok, can someone here explain about this wood? why is hard to turn a spalted wood and why is crabapple hard to turn?
Lenny
Member
One of my favorites! You did a great job ... fit and finish all look great!
I have gotten mine in the past from Loiusbry and everyone I turn (successfully) has a way of disappearing ... they are always good sellers!
Phillip, any spalted wood will tend to be "soft" and "spongy" as it is wood that has started to decay. Well worth the effort though wouldn't you agree?
I have gotten mine in the past from Loiusbry and everyone I turn (successfully) has a way of disappearing ... they are always good sellers!
Phillip, any spalted wood will tend to be "soft" and "spongy" as it is wood that has started to decay. Well worth the effort though wouldn't you agree?
arioux
Member
And i will add that spalted crabapple is among the softtes and most brittle of them. This thing will just explode on the madrel. DAMHIKT
boxerman
Member
A very nice pen.
louisbry
Member
Dave I found some more of these blanks in my shop. See personal classified forum.
wizard
Member
That's a beautiful pen ! I can see where wood like that would be hard to turn. The finish and photographs are great!
keithlong
Member
Louis,
Well, I knew I should have done some more prowling around when i was in your shop. The next time I will pay more attention to the wood lying around. LOL
Well, I knew I should have done some more prowling around when i was in your shop. The next time I will pay more attention to the wood lying around. LOL
phillywood
Member
Lenny, I misunderstood "is hard to turn" as may be it's hard wood as for its density and being a hard wood vs. softwood, now I get what David meant. And, yes indeed it's a beautiful wood and David did a great job turning it.
Now, in order for me to really get the experience is that for me to ask if anyone has one or two of that blank who would like to sell them to me that way next time I wouldn't ask silly qsn. like this.
keithlong
Member
Hey Philly,
Louis has some for sale in the Classified forum.
Louis has some for sale in the Classified forum.
