Warren White
Member
A friend of mine recently went to Israel. I asked him to pick up some Olive Wood if he could, so I could turn some pens. He brought back three pieces, (enough for about 9 blanks). One of the pieces I noted was a tad on the green side when I cut it to size on the table saw. I thought no more about it....
....until I started to drill it. WATER came out of the hole! Not a lot, but still...
Here's what I did. I finished drilling the blanks, cut them to length, glued the tubes in, and sanded them to the final size. Once to size, I put a very thin layer of thin CA on the ends, and then put them in a paper bag with sawdust. I will leave them there for ??? long.
What would you have done differently? I would really like to save these blanks, as they are quite nice.
....until I started to drill it. WATER came out of the hole! Not a lot, but still...
Here's what I did. I finished drilling the blanks, cut them to length, glued the tubes in, and sanded them to the final size. Once to size, I put a very thin layer of thin CA on the ends, and then put them in a paper bag with sawdust. I will leave them there for ??? long.
What would you have done differently? I would really like to save these blanks, as they are quite nice.