blue corn corb

[kruger]

happy christmas or all

 

[Dalecamino]

Nice looking pen . Wish there was a way to get the dye more uniform . But still , a nice pen .

 

[akbar24601]

That is pretty unique. I'm still not too sure about those corn cobs. How was it to turn and did you fill it with CA?

 

[george]

Nice pen, also the colour is interesting. Was this blank previously stabilized with resin, or did you treat it with CA during turning ? I did my first corn today, not stabilized and those holes can be really deep.

 

[ed4copies]

Stabilized or not, it will still require CA during turning. And, the colored ones are a pain, cause the color comes off and the sawdust which could fill the voids is NOT colored enough to look blue.

I don't have solutions to all these issues, but I have tried the process, unsuccessfully. (To my taste)

 

[iowacobb]

colored cobs

Stabilized or not, it will still require CA during turning. And, the colored ones are a pain, cause the color comes off and the sawdust which could fill the voids is NOT colored enough to look blue.

I don't have solutions to all these issues, but I have tried the process, unsuccessfully. (To my taste)

Not all stabilized cobs will require CA during turning unless you wish to fill in the voids. I have yet to add CA to my cob blanks during the process as a method of stabilizing them.

I like to leave the voids open, but I also use friction polish as the finish. I have filled the voids before using sawdust from colored wood blanks. For example, pink ivory looks nice with natural cobs.

Just my experience,
Tim
www.iowacobb.com

 

[ed4copies]

Tim,

You are correct!!! If you don't mind the voids, you don't need CA.

 

[toolcrazy]

Very nice pen. Good work.