Quarter sawn oak small fishing tackle box

[mmayo]

Don't get me wrong, I turn and sell lots of pens, though these other items get made in my shop too.

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[keithbyrd]

All very nice! Are you getting some of the scrub oak from the tehachapi mountains?

 

[mmayo]

I have some white oak with quarter sawn figure that I have tasked for pens. The above blanks are 1/2 oak from my property. Nice.

The pens below are oak from Tehachapi.

 

[Curly]

Once you turn quarter sawn oak into a pen, pretty much any of the ray effects are lost. In fact the figure will look the same as from a plane sawn oak board. If the wood you have is big enough for other projects like boxes then save it for that unless they are narrow trimmings from bigger boards.

 

[mmayo]

That is the beauty of firewood wood sourcing. I never have big, store bought boards at the start. I have tiny pieces that have figure close to the pen blank needs. I only turn it round sometimes.