philb
Member
Hi,
Just been milling up some brown mallee burr, and on the flatside of the cap (non-spikey!) there a quite a few checks, and small 1mm or so thickness cracks. These only go about 1/4-1/2" into the cap itself, so do I...
Just mill this away as waste, and be left with more uniform blanks or
Just mill up as normal and CA the cracks as im turning?
Just don't want to waste any of the burr, either by turning pens out of unsuitable timber or by chopping it into the scraps box by trimming the cracks off if not needed!
Im going to do a tester pen out of each method anyway to see what they come out like, but just wanted to know what you guys do?
PHIL
Just been milling up some brown mallee burr, and on the flatside of the cap (non-spikey!) there a quite a few checks, and small 1mm or so thickness cracks. These only go about 1/4-1/2" into the cap itself, so do I...
Just mill this away as waste, and be left with more uniform blanks or
Just mill up as normal and CA the cracks as im turning?
Just don't want to waste any of the burr, either by turning pens out of unsuitable timber or by chopping it into the scraps box by trimming the cracks off if not needed!
Im going to do a tester pen out of each method anyway to see what they come out like, but just wanted to know what you guys do?
PHIL