karlkuehn
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I've been up to my knickers in milling and selling blanks, but I finally took some time to turn a few pens. Almost forgot how much fun it is! ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This is one of the limited edition "Earth Casts" I did last week for St. Patrick's day, called "Green Beer Bog". I only made 5 of them, and one of them was a little 'runtier' than the others when I was done trimming it up, so I figured I'd turn it into something! It's wormy, flame box elder burl and green-dyed Spanish moss with translucent green pearlized resin.
I was very happy with how it turned, I've been getting really good resin saturation in the wood, so it was pretty much just like turning a stabilized blank.
Black Chrome Euro Designer kit is from Ernie. I polished it out to 12K, then a layer of CA/BLO, then 2 coats of straight CA, polished back out to 12K MM followed by Ren wax.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Thanks for looking, comments/questions always welcome!![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This is one of the limited edition "Earth Casts" I did last week for St. Patrick's day, called "Green Beer Bog". I only made 5 of them, and one of them was a little 'runtier' than the others when I was done trimming it up, so I figured I'd turn it into something! It's wormy, flame box elder burl and green-dyed Spanish moss with translucent green pearlized resin.
I was very happy with how it turned, I've been getting really good resin saturation in the wood, so it was pretty much just like turning a stabilized blank.
Black Chrome Euro Designer kit is from Ernie. I polished it out to 12K, then a layer of CA/BLO, then 2 coats of straight CA, polished back out to 12K MM followed by Ren wax.
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Thanks for looking, comments/questions always welcome!