jarrah

G'day! Customer in South Carolina asked me to make him 2 pens with nice Aussie timbers. I showed him a pile of blanks and he chose these 2! Which were both Jarrah. The black fleck jarrah is actually spalted, and the flecks follow the wavy grain beautifully. I opted for a satin gloss CA finish...

Well I got my new Delta 46-460 and tried turning a difficult blank right form the get go. I got some Dark Jarrah Burl blanks which looked nice but the wood has many voids and requires a soft touch to avoid chipouts. I started by doing some CA stabilizing right from the start. I did this three...