laspringer,
Where did you get the mango wood? I'd like to get some for myself. I'd like to turn a mango pen for my wife. She is originally from southern India, where they grow tons of mangos. That is her favorite "exotic" fruit. I love mango's too, if you can get a really sweet ripe one. (often the ones in the grocery are picked too early and expected to ripen at the store) When she was little her she had a mango tree in her yard that she could pick from just when they were "perfect". I've even been trying to grow a mango from seed (no luck yet). Not that I expect to get pen turning wood from it. Just for the novelty of having a small mango tree in the house. It will never survive outside here in the NY winter. I have heard of people who have successful fruit bearing mango trees in southern CA and Florida.