Snakewood

[turnerpenwood]

I have been having problems with snakewood pens.Some will split in a few hours, some will take weeks andsome are okay. I have tried reducing the heat applied to the pen when drilling and finishing. This did not help. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks, Jack

 

[Monty]

Check out this thread on snakewood:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21647

 

[its_virgil]

WOW! How often does this topic raise its ugly head? Take a look here Jack: http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21647

Do a good turn daily!
Don

Originally posted by turnerpenwood
<br />I have been having problems with snakewood pens.Some will split in a few hours, some will take weeks andsome are okay. I have tried reducing the heat applied to the pen when drilling and finishing. This did not help. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks, Jack

 

[Gary Max]

I figured it out after turning about a dozen snakewood pens one weekend.
You can have my share-----never had any luck----they all cracked-- junk a waste of time-- who needs the hassel---and the list goes on and on and on