ran out of wood

[emtmike]

Ran out of things to turn the other day so I went rooting around the shop. What I found was some left over pressure treated railings from my deck. Its kind of plain but the guy who lives next to us is a contractor who builds decks. He grabbed it. I made another.

 

[Oahunative]

Take a ride to a home building site and pull some OSB from the dumpster, really makes great looking pens. Plus, all the construction guys will want to buy them.

 

[jthompson1995]

Blasphemy! I can't beleive you ran out of wood![][}] Be careful with PT lumber, it can be nasty stuff if it gets in your lungs. If you PM me your address I'll send you some blanks to keep you busy for a little bit.[] My wife will probably be happy to see some of it leave (but we all know it's just to make room for more[}]).

 

[LostintheWoods]

LOL....I'm thinking like Jason....HAD to read this to see if someone came up with some lame excuse for running out of blanks!---Oh yes, nice pen!

 

[emtmike]

Thanks Guys. It turned out to be only a temporary thing. Later that day I got my “fix†of blanks in the mail so I should be ok for a while.

 

[Dario]

Mike,

Next time you are running low...don't hesitate to let us know. As Jason said...some of us need to clean up a bit anyway []

 

[Firefyter-emt]

Wow... running out of wood, I didn't think that could happen!! My wood to pen ratio is like 100 to 1 ~~ []

 

[ctwxlvr]

Nice looking pen, and I have to agreeeeeeee PT wood can be deadly when inhaled.

 

[emtmike]

I have a TREND AIRSHEALD that I love. It works great. I think everyone should have one.

 

[laurie sullivan]

i'll jump on the "if you need blanks" wagon. i'll share the stuff i have also. i've been given fun stuff from alot of other turners. just ask anytime. also have a great supply of olive wood. great pen.

laurie

 

[Firefyter-emt]

[][}] I have a LOT of fancy PT pen blanks, Hmmmmm...

LOL!!

 

[Russb]

I second the caution about turning pressure treated lumber. It can be very bad for you lungs.

 

[Ozzy]

Looks good to me.

 

[johncrane]

Nice one Mike!![]

 

[NavyDiver]

Innovative use of available material! [] []

 

[Sylvanite]

Originally posted by Russb
<br />I second the caution about turning pressure treated lumber. It can be very bad for you lungs.

Yes, pressure-treated wood contains (amongst other things) arsenic. So, the sawdust is even more toxic than other woods. Be extremely careful with it.

Regards,
Eric

 

[Draken]

Hope you put a good sealing finish on it, I don't think I'd want to be handling PT wood all day when writing, especially if my hands started getting sweaty.

Cheers,
Draken