jedgerton
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On a recent hiking outing, I cut a piece of green Aspen wood. I want to turn a pen from this wood but have never prepared any green wood for turning and I've never worked with Aspen. Any recommendations?
John
John
Originally posted by Petricore
<br />What I have done in the past (may not be the best way) is to cut the blank oversized, drill the blank for the tubes that will go in it, and let it air dry for a week with the end grains sealed with wax. Come back and if the wood has moved, redrill it and rewax and sit another week. Keep going till the wood doesnt move and the barrell can still sit in it ok. Only problem with this method is sometimes you can get the barrel hole a little big in some spots, but using poly glue seemed to fill those in no prob.