The PITH is on!!!! Sign up here!!!

[ldubia]

I am in! First PITH and it should be "creative"!!!! W00t!

Woot was that you said?

 

[CSue]

Well! I guess it's a good thing I checked in here today. I'm IN! I can do pine. Yup. I'm looking forward to turning a pen again.

 

[sbwertz]

Teaser...pick a knot....any knot!

SYP knots anyone?

 

[SGM Retired]

Sign me up. I think I can come up with some Pine Trees after the storm here in North Alabama. Might add a little Pine Sap too just to give it some grip.

Gary

 

[hunter-27]

I pick #1 and/or #11, they will be really cool if they don't EXPLODE on ya. :wink:

 

[Andrew_K99]

Sharon, Home Depot is selling some pretty knotty wood in your area .

Mine had this really old stuff that I quite liked :biggrin:.

AK

 

[Timebandit]

Im in

Thanks

 

[sbwertz]

Sharon, Home Depot is selling some pretty knotty wood in your area .

Mine had this really old stuff that I quite liked :biggrin:.

AK

I have about 300 bf of 5/4 SYP, so I just picked a nice knotty board and cut out all the knots. Believe it or not, I got it through freecycle. It was apparently used as spacers between some sort of stacked material. He had 80 boards, 4" x 8' in 5/4 thickness. I"ve promised some to two turners. After they pick their pieces, I'll put the rest up for whoever wants it.

This is not my PITH pen but I wanted to turn some of the SYP to see how it would look. It is filled with turquoise and is going into a bandless black chrome slimline. Sorry about the glare, but it was just a quick pic with no setup.

 

[msvoma44]

Cool idea....

Count me in please.

Mike Svoma

 

[Rfturner]

I will be busy but I can turn a pen for this:biggrin:. This will be my second Pith the first was fun.

 

[GColeman]

Sharon,
Your quick pics are better than my set up pictures.

 

[Samelias dad]

I'm new here but would love to be involved.

 

[buckobernie]

pine

sign me up. thanks bernie

 

[Brooks803]

ok ok ok....I'm in. Found some old pine blanks I can use and abuse.

 

[McBryde]

Count me in on this one. First PITH, it should be fun.

Emerson

 

[jimofsanston]

I am in too. I think i have some 2X4 pine laying around here some where. Maybe i can go by Hunter27 house and take a board or two off his work shop. Do you think he might notice it missing. :0(

 

[sparhawk]

Okay Landon throw me in that briar patch. Maybe this time my partner will send me a pen.

 

[randywa]

I'll stick my neck in the noose, count me in.

 

[hunter-27]

163?

 

[run91]

I'm In

Yes please sign me up.

 

[scrollsawwoodart]

Yeah buddy

I'm in on the PITH.

Add me to the list

Jesse

 

[arw01]

Into the PITH I go,

but where in your profile do you make sure all your address information is in there? I couldn't find it in the user CP.

Hmm, ideas ideas.. Aniline dyes? Segmented? Knots? Infills? hmmm..

 

[LanceD]

Throw my name in.

 

[MSGMP]

Never been in this, but sounds like fun. Count me in.

 

[robutacion]

SYP knots anyone?

Nice stuff, I would pick #8...!:wink:

Good luck

Cheers
George

 

[robutacion]

Sharon, Home Depot is selling some pretty knotty wood in your area .

Mine had this really old stuff that I quite liked :biggrin:.

AK

I have about 300 bf of 5/4 SYP, so I just picked a nice knotty board and cut out all the knots. Believe it or not, I got it through freecycle. It was apparently used as spacers between some sort of stacked material. He had 80 boards, 4" x 8' in 5/4 thickness. I"ve promised some to two turners. After they pick their pieces, I'll put the rest up for whoever wants it.

This is not my PITH pen but I wanted to turn some of the SYP to see how it would look. It is filled with turquoise and is going into a bandless black chrome slimline. Sorry about the glare, but it was just a quick pic with no setup.

This is interesting...!, if you haven't shown the blanks, and put these barrels on "show your pens" or penturning forums, no one would have guessed what it was...!:wink:

I just admire greatly the beauty of pine knots, which some pine varieties producing some spectacular stuff. I have some logs where I will have no difficulty in getting a knot that will well over 6" in diameter, once I've made a plater that was nearly almost all knot stuff, talking about fiddly work...!!!

Cheers
George

 

[glycerine]

SYP knots anyone?

Just think of it as burl... with one really big eye! Cyclops burl!!

 

[Rick_G]

took the chain saw to that root ball I showed earlier and came up with these. A little time in the microwave to fix any bugs that might be in there and finish drying. Might be able to come up with something that looks nice.

 

[joefyffe]

Sign Up

Landon: I tried to sign up earlier, but it didn't seem to make it. If it's laying in cyberland and you get two on me, sorry! BUT I do want to do this. Never done it before

 

[w5brw]

Please add me to the list.

 

[carverken]

I havn't turned one in so long I may have to go back to rookie status. But here goes nothing....I'm In!!!!
K

 

[Val]

sounds fun, I would love to be part of it!

 

[hunter-27]

172

 

[lorjac47]

I'm new at this, but I'm in.

 

[gandsande]

I am in. How hard would it be to convince ya that Cocobolo is a local construction grade wood??? Kidding.

Sign me up I promise to follow the rules............. Scouts Honor

 

[JDJ309]

I'd like to give it a try. Sign me up.

 

[lorbay]

This is the beetle kill pine that Isalndturner was talking about. Should look good in a pen.

Lin.

 

[BRobbins629]

This is the beetle kill pine that Isalndturner was talking about. Should look good in a pen.

Lin.

Probably would, but why cut up a nice bowl

 

[DurocShark]

Teaser:


pithteaser1 by DurocShark, on Flickr

 

[hunter-27]

MY TEASER

I had to look all of about 2 feet from my lathe to find this jewel of a blank to use.