Woodchipper
Member
Have lots of redwood and pondering sawing to blank sizes. I realize it is a soft wood but got the idea from a YT video with cedar blanks. Your thoughts?
Redwood for blanks?
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ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Redwood, especially burl, can make a beautiful pen. To improve the durability, it helps to stabilize.
FWIW,
Ed
FWIW,
Ed
GaryMGg
Member
If it's not burl, it's going to be pretty plain.
I don't think the suggestions will change:
Redwood blanks
I don't think the suggestions will change:
Redwood blanks
leehljp
Member Liaison
Repeating Ed: Stabilize. Straight grained plain wood of different kinds may look better in cross cut or angled cuts. Angled cuts of different woods look better with some angles, but not so much in other angles.
Since you have lots of redwood, experiment with blanks of different angles to see which looks better. And follow up with "Stabilize" it.
Since you have lots of redwood, experiment with blanks of different angles to see which looks better. And follow up with "Stabilize" it.
Woodchipper
Member
No burl in the mix.
Next question: How to stabilize it? Have a Woodcraft store close by (actually it's too close) with Pentacryl as a stock item. Treat before turning?
Next question: How to stabilize it? Have a Woodcraft store close by (actually it's too close) with Pentacryl as a stock item. Treat before turning?
wolf creek knives
Member
For stabilizing I would suggest Cactus Juice. I've got some Redwood that I stabilized several years ago and it's still holding up.