penbros
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i just tried to turn a crosscut zebrawood pen, 1st time and my last unless antone has a solution for me. The blanks caame in the mail and i was stunned by the color and figure of the end-grain and thought "this will be great". The blanks cut and drilled and trimmed great, i thought i was in for a treat[. I began to turn it and to my suprise after about 3 minutes of turning a big CRACK SNAP! a big chunk came out of one corner and i thought" oh well it was just cuz it was in the rough" good thing it wasnt down to the bushings.It took at least 25 minutes to turn the blank to 1/32 of an inch to the bushingd and still needed to come down in the middle to flow with the ends. about 4 minutes after that the tool grabbed the wood and pulled off a 3/8 of an inch square piece down to the brass[V]. i stopped the lathe and i felt it, it was horrid and the bumps all over the pen were undesireable. I just had to give up. I really would like to finish it does anyone have any suggestions for me?
also is every crosscut blank like this?
it would really be a beautiful pen if it was finished
also is every crosscut blank like this?
it would really be a beautiful pen if it was finished