Turned the other Woodworkers Pencil today.. and this one is mine.. my daughter is not getting it.. [}
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Real nice piece of White Cedar from OZ that I got from Serge... interesting wood to turn.. very soft and needed light sanding from 320 grit even off a scary sharp skew... This piece had a nice solid knot running anglewise in the blank.. a little thin CA kept it in place and a couple of coats of thick CA as a finish filled any little voids around it... all in all I like it and am keeping it... [
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I drilled this on the lathe with a 25/64" bit coming in from both sides with no problems... and put a spare 10MM tube in the top to eliminate the slop inherent in these kits

Real nice piece of White Cedar from OZ that I got from Serge... interesting wood to turn.. very soft and needed light sanding from 320 grit even off a scary sharp skew... This piece had a nice solid knot running anglewise in the blank.. a little thin CA kept it in place and a couple of coats of thick CA as a finish filled any little voids around it... all in all I like it and am keeping it... [


I drilled this on the lathe with a 25/64" bit coming in from both sides with no problems... and put a spare 10MM tube in the top to eliminate the slop inherent in these kits