C Chuck C Member Joined Oct 20, 2004 Messages 108 Location USA. Mar 23, 2005 #1 Nothing fancy, a friend of LOML wanted them as slim as I could get it.
W woodscavenger Member Joined Jan 16, 2005 Messages 1,491 Location Boise, ID, USA. Mar 23, 2005 #2 How does lace wood turn? I have been thinking of doing some. Is it brittle like palm?
J JimGo Member Joined Jan 24, 2005 Messages 6,498 Location North Wales, PA Mar 23, 2005 #3 Chuck, That's interesting wood. The grain pattern kin of resembles purpleheart. Nice job on the pens!
Chuck, That's interesting wood. The grain pattern kin of resembles purpleheart. Nice job on the pens!
tipusnr Member Joined May 15, 2004 Messages 1,692 Location Reynoldsburg, OH, USA. Mar 23, 2005 #4 Very nice set. Simple and straight is sometimes harder to do - takes discipline!
R ryannmphs Member Joined Sep 24, 2004 Messages 449 Location Memphis, TN, USA. Mar 23, 2005 #5 Very nice indeed. looks like if you went any slimmer, you would have ended up with a set of brass tubes! Ryan
Very nice indeed. looks like if you went any slimmer, you would have ended up with a set of brass tubes! Ryan
D dougle40 Member Joined Nov 13, 2004 Messages 1,423 Location Essex, Ontario, Canada. Mar 23, 2005 #6 Nice job Chuck . I've got a nice piece of Lacewood just waiting for more pens to be turned from it .
T Tom McMillan Member Joined Jan 1, 2004 Messages 1,598 Location Washougal, WA, USA. Mar 23, 2005 #7 Looks real good Chuck!! Nice work!!
J jwoodwright Member Joined Jun 4, 2004 Messages 2,270 Location Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Mar 23, 2005 #8 Nice work. She'll love them.[]
W WoodChucker Member Joined Sep 30, 2004 Messages 1,799 Location Mi, USA. Mar 23, 2005 #9 Chuck, you did a very nice job on the pens,they look great!
D DCBluesman Passed Away Mar 3, 2016 In Memoriam Joined Aug 22, 2004 Messages 7,679 Location WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA Mar 23, 2005 #10 Nice work, Chuck! You gotta love lacewood...the grain looks great even on the slimmest of slimlines!
C Chuck C Member Joined Oct 20, 2004 Messages 108 Location USA. Mar 23, 2005 #11 Thanks everybody. I'm still learning. The actual turning looks to be darker and more grainy than the blank and it turned like a soft wood.It is a very pretty wood and its one that I will go back to.
Thanks everybody. I'm still learning. The actual turning looks to be darker and more grainy than the blank and it turned like a soft wood.It is a very pretty wood and its one that I will go back to.
K KKingery Member Joined Nov 21, 2004 Messages 1,168 Location De Pere, Wisconsin, USA. Mar 23, 2005 #12 That's a nice set! I think they look great!
opfoto Member Joined Dec 28, 2004 Messages 1,047 Location Albany, NY, USA Mar 24, 2005 #13 Nice job....Good looking set. She'll like them for sure.
F Fleabit Member Joined Jan 16, 2005 Messages 1,271 Location Hertford, NC, USA. Mar 24, 2005 #14 Good shot at making them that slim.
D driften Member Joined Mar 7, 2005 Messages 456 Location Issaquah, WA, USA. Mar 24, 2005 #15 very clean!
G Gary Member Joined Sep 10, 2004 Messages 1,371 Location Texas, USA. Mar 24, 2005 #16 Very nice work, Chuck.