Tomorrow I plan on starting a Majestic kit. I figured I would post pics from start to finish. I'm hoping I can pull this one off. The blank gives just enough space not to mess up on drilling.....along with it being warped and cupped. Drilling this one is going to take some precise lining up and drilling.....and patients, lol!
Here's the blank i plan on using.....
After the blanks is cut in 2 and to size (lengths) all those bends become less obvious but if the blanks is on the "skinny" side of things, it may be a challenge, alright...!
Is that dark colouration/stain a blue(ish) or a dark grey, does it stink...???
I lose a lot of amazing Olive root blanks due to extreme shrinking, my normal size is 21mm dry so, I cut the Olive wood at about 1" square, I have lots of blanks that have shrunk to under 15mm and less, not counting the bends/curves and twists they endup with. All is strapped tight in my drying towers but, I can't control with it, if I don't cut it into pen blanks, it cracks like mad and shrinks, cutting them as pen blanks (1" square) seems to control most of the cracks but, the shrinking can be overwhelming and its happen to...! guess what...??? the prettiest blanks of the bunch, bugger...!
I have to find a use for all the shrunken to buggery, pretty blanks...!:frown:
That blank will also produce a spectacular pen, looking forwards to see it done...!
Good luck,
Cheers
George