monophoto
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I pawed through the 'shorts' bin at a nearby hardwood dealer a couple of weeks ago and found a short length of 4-quarter padouk. It had some cracks and flaws, but I figured that I could get a bunch of pen blanks and perhaps a few tea lights, dishes, yarn caddys or even shawl pins/rings out of it.
Here's one of the first pieces I produced - a coin dish to take to our son when we visit him in a couple of months. The finish is a Russ Fairfield recipe - two applications of a 'long-oil varnish' made from equal quantities of alkyd spar varnish, tung oil and turpentine and applied off the lathe, allowing it to soak in for about an hour, and then wiping off the excess.
Here's one of the first pieces I produced - a coin dish to take to our son when we visit him in a couple of months. The finish is a Russ Fairfield recipe - two applications of a 'long-oil varnish' made from equal quantities of alkyd spar varnish, tung oil and turpentine and applied off the lathe, allowing it to soak in for about an hour, and then wiping off the excess.