spnemo
Member
Pin Cherry is one of my favorite woods to turn. It is a dense wood that rarely chips or breaks when turning. It shines up nicely and looks great with a CA finish. Best of all, I have a ton of it!
A couple of years ago I had to cut down a medium sized tree in my back yard. Now I have about 100 pre cut pen blanks and a pile of pin cherry chunks (limbs and small diameter trunk).
I would like to share the joy of turning this wood by sponsoring a contest! However, I have never done anything like this so, I need some suggestions on the rules for the contest. I think it would be fun to have a bunch of pens all turned from the same tree. I provide the wood and you pay the shipping.
Right now most of my blanks are 3/4" square by 5 1/2" long. I have some shorter and I could make custom sized blanks.
What do you think? Are you interested or is it a dumb idea? If interested, what rules would make it fair?
A couple of years ago I had to cut down a medium sized tree in my back yard. Now I have about 100 pre cut pen blanks and a pile of pin cherry chunks (limbs and small diameter trunk).
I would like to share the joy of turning this wood by sponsoring a contest! However, I have never done anything like this so, I need some suggestions on the rules for the contest. I think it would be fun to have a bunch of pens all turned from the same tree. I provide the wood and you pay the shipping.
Right now most of my blanks are 3/4" square by 5 1/2" long. I have some shorter and I could make custom sized blanks.
What do you think? Are you interested or is it a dumb idea? If interested, what rules would make it fair?