Segmented Zebrawood

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After my last adventure with segmenting I thought I would go with one wood, so I opted for Zebrawood.
It was a real pain to turn but I think it turned out okay.

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Here's a better view of the lower barrel.

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The finish is 10 coats of medium CA.
All comment, suggestions or questions welcome.
Mike
 
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That's cool,I can appreciate the patience it takes to keep cutting and gluing
that many times on such a small pallet I don't think that I could have kept track of the next cut and where it goes, You get my vote!!!
Beautiful work,
Mark
 
That is one piece (lots of) of great craftsmanship. A beautiful pen.

About how much time from layout to finished pen blanks is involved in that? I am sure it is a bunch.

You did a wonderful job on that.

Ray
 
Thanks for the compliments.
Ray, it takes around an hour or so to build a blank.
Here are a few pictures to show I how to do it.
Sand a bevel on a piece a couple of inches long.
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Glue on a piece with CA glue
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Remove waste
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Disk sand and attach next piece.
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Remove waste again.
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Keep rotating the blank and adding pieces until you have enough for your blank.
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Hope this helps if anyone has any question I would be glad to help.
Mike
 
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That's great Mike, thanks for the pics and instructions. I really like the way the zebra turned out. I like the random cuts and grain. Gotta try that myself!

Harry
 
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