adirondak5
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Hi all , I just started turning pens recently , but I've been wood working for a good while now . A few years ago I harvested a good size cherry burl , I had to quarter it to move it by myself when I brought it home after I rolled it off my truck , probably weighed close to 250lbs . I sliced some up and had it air drying for well over a year not far away from the boiler downstairs . A few pieces of about 1" thick x 2 " wide x 4 to 5" long I stabilized with cactus juice about a month ago . Today I sliced up those pieces and got 4 usable blanks. Here's a Sierra I finished today out of one of those blanks .
I turned it down close to size and checked to see if anything needed filling , there were 2 small voids that I filld with CA , once that dried I finished turning to size and sanded to 600 g , followed by EEE , after that I used micro mesh to 12000 , sesaler , followed by friction polish . I really like the look of the burl , there's all kind's of things going on with it
I turned it down close to size and checked to see if anything needed filling , there were 2 small voids that I filld with CA , once that dried I finished turning to size and sanded to 600 g , followed by EEE , after that I used micro mesh to 12000 , sesaler , followed by friction polish . I really like the look of the burl , there's all kind's of things going on with it