Super Click Crosscut Oak

[qquake]

This is a Super Click pen in gunmetal, from Woodturningz. The wood is a piece of crosscut oak I had laying around. It's the first crosscut oak I've turned, and probably my last. It was difficult to turn, which makes sense as you're turning against the grain. I got a small chip as I was turning it, but decided to leave it. This was already a redo of the pen, and I didn't want to try a third time. The chip doesn't look all that bad, but definitely not my best pen. The finish is Pens Plus.

 

[Mortalis]

I started a cross cut with a piece of Elm I had left from a furniture build. I bent the transmission trying to get it out as I inserted it too deep and just never finished the pen. Cross cut definitely has a different pattern to the grain.

 

[jrista]

That crosscut grain is interesting... Very complex. You can kind of see how it would have its weak points, given the angles of the gran vs. the tool. Good looking pen...given the nature of the grain, you honestly cannot tell that the small chipout is even a defect...it just kind of goes with the grain!

 

[sorcerertd]

I laud your efforts on this one. Oak can be a little splintery, even on straight grain. I can tell you that working with spalted wood cross grain is a delicate process (even the drilling).

 

[Fine Engineer]

While it was a challenge to turn, that complex grain makes for a striking pen.