Lilac Pen

[donkos67]

This Lilac pen is on a Cortona pen Kit. Love the kit because it show off a long single piece of wood and this Lilac pen gets many wow's.
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[OZturner]

Splendid Pen Donald.
Magnificent Lilac Blank, Beautifully Turned, Fitted and Finished.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pen.

 

[mark james]

Beautiful pen and blank. Well done.

 

[Eldermike]

Awesome pen. The lilac blank is beautiful.


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[eharri446]

I can see why it would get many Wows!.

Where did you get the blank?

 

[JohnU]

Very Nice! I love working with Lilac. It cuts so smoothly and sands very easy. I have a large Lilac I trim once in a while and keep. The only problem with it is it cracks and splits as it dies, and its usually a spiral split.

 

[magpens]

Gorgeous pen ... I love the lilac wood !!!!! . Do you know where I can get some ?

 

[jtillery]

very nice pen!

 

[TattooedTurner]

Beautiful! You picked a great kit to show off that gorgeous piece of lilac.

 

[donkos67]

Lilac Wood Pen

The wood was harvested and dried from a probably 40 year old bush that was getting weak. After drying the wood close to a good level I turned the blank and gave it many coats of Thin Wood CA and it drank it in. I am hoping it acts as a stabilizer so the wood does not crack. This was more experimenting on my part. I have quite a bit more drying and about ready to use. I also just removed a Lilac for a friend that had gotten crushed by a tree limb from a storm. The root ball/base was 12 inches across and about 15 inches high. Not a lot of color but looks like a very nice burl. I will be doing many more Lilac pens but you kinda have to reverse the process for making the blank. I center drill my center line on both ends and turn the wood until I have a cylindrical blank. Then I seal the ends and let it dry until the wood is thirsty for the thin CA and turn the pen. I give it CA coats until no more will soak in then I move to medium CA for a few coats making sure the ends get sealed also. Then wet sand and assemble. So far I do not see any signs of cracking. Hopefully I can afford a stabilizing system soon as I think that it the best solution.

 

[dcrichlow]

Beautiful pen......

 

[JohnU]

I've made several Lilac pens after the wood was dry with no cracking problems. For me it was the drying process. The limbs are about the diameter of a pop can and had cracked prior to me cutting them off. Once dried and turned there was no problem so I don't think you have anything to worry about. Nice work!