NewfoundlandLaw
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My Mother-in-Law recently gave me a very special family heirloom and asked that I cut it apart to make a Pen. The board was badly degraded and made from very soft pine. To be honest, I was terrified it wouldn't hold up to the forces of the lathe and I'd essentially destroy a piece of their family history.
After putting the tubes in with epoxy, I sharpened my chisel cutter-head til it was like a razors-edge and slowly/carefully worked the wood into shape. To my surprise it came out beautifully, especially after a coat of BLO and 10 coats of Cyanoacrylate.
It is made from 110+ year old wood from my Mother-in-Law's family home.
The whole home was floated on the North Atlantic from their Relocated home on Deer Island to Ramea. (This is a particularly sad part of Newfoundland's history where people were forced from their ancestral homes to try and "centralize"'the population.) The home was torn down over a decade ago. This single plank is all that remains from the home.
I have to make 2 more for my Wife's remaining Aunt and Uncle who also grew up in the home.
"Pen Turning on the Rock"
After putting the tubes in with epoxy, I sharpened my chisel cutter-head til it was like a razors-edge and slowly/carefully worked the wood into shape. To my surprise it came out beautifully, especially after a coat of BLO and 10 coats of Cyanoacrylate.
It is made from 110+ year old wood from my Mother-in-Law's family home.
The whole home was floated on the North Atlantic from their Relocated home on Deer Island to Ramea. (This is a particularly sad part of Newfoundland's history where people were forced from their ancestral homes to try and "centralize"'the population.) The home was torn down over a decade ago. This single plank is all that remains from the home.
I have to make 2 more for my Wife's remaining Aunt and Uncle who also grew up in the home.
"Pen Turning on the Rock"
