Western red cedar

[GBusardo]

I have a piece of Western Red Cedar someone gave to me about ten years ago. As you can probably see from the picture, the growth rings are very close. The tree had to be over 200 years old. The blank was cut at 90 degrees and was a B***H to turn. A couple of blanks exploded on me so I decided to leave a little extra wood and do some extra sanding. The blank absorbed tons of thin CA and I thought the whole shabang was going to be permanently glued to the mandrel. Anyways, I thought some of you would be interested since there had been some recent threads on cedar.
Thanks for looking

 

[Dario]

Gary,


That is really nice and looks worth the trouble.

I did notice that Juniper (cedar relative) absorbs CA like a thirsty Camel! [:0][B)]

 

[johncrane]

looks good mate l like band too[]

 

[Ligget]

Lovely wood, well worth the extra effort involved.

 

[NavyDiver]

Great pen! What is the center band made from?

 

[Jerryconn]

Very nice job, well worth the extra effort!

 

[GBusardo]

Yellowheart center band, I am pretty sure anyways. I have a load of cutoffs, Some of them I am not sure what they are [:I]
Thanks for the comments

 

[TBone]

Good job Gary, it was worth the trouble. Question, when using a custom wood center ring do you turn that seperate or glue it similar to a segmented blank and turn it together?

 

[GBusardo]

I glue up first then drill the hole. I think others may do it differently though. Basically, I do these so I can use a cheap kit and experiment.

 

[Radman]

Originally posted by GBusardo
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Thanks for looking

Thanks for turning it and posting a picture. I like the centerband also. Nice touch.