NOW don't laugh so hard that you fall off the chair but!!! I had a 20" dia. X 15' maple log in the wood lot out back that has been laying on the ground for 2 years. Cut it up for bowels and pen blanks yesterday. (Beautiful spalted maple if I ever saw it). Now for the question. A lot of you have turned everything from coffee to Rice Krispies, but I have not herd of anyone turning bugs. I was rounding over some of maple pen blanks before I stabilize them and found bugs in the wood. I think I want to leave them in but don't want to gross out the buyer. Comments Please.
Turning bugs
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lwalden
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GROSS!!![xx(][xx(][xx(]
RonSchmitt
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As long as you warn them, (the customer, not the bugs,) shouldn't be a problem.
Ron in Drums PA
Member
I was turning some mesquite once and had some big juicy the bugs go splat on my face shield. Does that count?
arioux
Member
Hi,
You know what they say:
Finding a worm in an apple is not too bad.... finding half a worm in an appple well........
Hope you don't end up with too much half bugs[xx(]
Alfred
You know what they say:
Finding a worm in an apple is not too bad.... finding half a worm in an appple well........
Hope you don't end up with too much half bugs[xx(]
Alfred
Firefyter-emt
Member
That's nuthin... If I had time to enter the ugly pen contest this year, that would of looked mild! [}
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If it bugs you, leave it... Someone will like it!
]If it bugs you, leave it... Someone will like it!
Rick_G
Member
My wife did that. The rest of us thought it was funny.
I get a lot of maple branches that come out of our trees in the winter. Quite often nicely spalted and full of bugs. I generally nuke the blank in the microwave on defrost for 3 minutes to dry it and it also makes sure there are no live bugs left in the pen.
Varinokid
Member
Mmm...I wouldn't mind having a pen that had a dead VISIBLE bug in it....call me morbid or whatever..but I think that would be "one of a kind" pen.
Done tactfully(if that is possible) I think it would be cool!!!!
turned_for_good
Member
Earlier this winter I cut a strange looking bug in half while cutting up some mesquite blanks.
Hello
Member
I think its cool.....as long as you tell the customer what it is thats in the wood....it could also be cool to carefully disect a bug, make a little hollow on the outside of a bowl with a dremmel or something and inlay the bug!
Rifleman1776
Member
Very common. Also dead, dried bugs that leave holes when you turn. That's one of the reasons to wear a facemask when turning.
B727phixer
Member
I vote to leave them in. If you do, don't forget to let us have a peek![]
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Ron in Drums PA
Member
Q: How do you make a Tequila Pen?
A: Place a bug in a clear PR!
A: Place a bug in a clear PR!
arioux
Member
Call it the Jurasic pen !
Alfred
Alfred
ElMostro
Member
If it's a small bug (like an ant) you can just pour CA on it and leave it in place BUT if it's one of those big 1" grubs [:0] CA will kill it but it has to dry...if it dries it shrinks but normally leaves enough of the shape of the bug that you can still ID it unless when you turn it you cut into it. DO not cast the live bug, bec; One- if you are sing Alumilite and put it under pressure the bug will pop and release liquid that will cause some nasty looking bubbles with bug inners in them [xx(](alumilite does not like water and the bugs inners act like water) and two: if the bug does not pop but while turning you cut into the bug it will SPLAT all over you and your face mask (remember the bug was under pressure). How do I know this...well don't want to go there but the liquid from the bug on your face after the bug has been dead for a while is not something you want to happen to you...
J
jackrichington
Guest
[xx(]Bugs in your bowels??? Call the vet
Sfolivier
Member
I would vote to avoid / remove. I doubt that people who are into fine writing instruments would like the vermin still there. People like crazy grains and ambrosia patterns. They don't necessary like the ambrosia beetles and the woodworm.
I guess it's about the same a liking silk and wearing worms...
I guess it's about the same a liking silk and wearing worms...