Bambo, Acrylic & Ebony

[nappy155]

never turned bambo before

 

[panamag8or]

How was it? I have a bamboo blank on the way.
Sweet looking pen, too.

 

[Displaced Canadian]

I like the look of bamboo.

 

[Cabhog]

Never turned bamboo, does it chip easy or splinter off while turning?
The pen looks good I like the contrast.

 

[nappy155]

pretty stable...the upper barrel is fairly thin at the openning...the small chip you see was me dropping it....

 

[PaulDoug]

Very nice!

 

[NotURMailman]

How did you finish it? I tried some bamboo and the surface was a little pitted. Was thinking the next batch will get a CA finish, maybe that will fill the pits and smooth it out.

Nice pen!

 

[Chrisjan]

I turned bamboo on a diagonal cut the other day for a Comfort kit - used bamboo floor planks 18 mm thick. Can be quite a bastard because of the long fibers splitting. Touched the loose side of the fibers with CA and it held up nicely.