MedWoodWorx
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I am an olive wood fan. What is your favourite wood to work with?
That definetly is a pretty wood, although I've never had a chance to use it.I would add Claro Walnut
I think we all agree that we need to print t shirts saying : its more about the pieces than the species!Olive is definitely up there for me. Bocote is always a pleasure to work with. Bloodwood is another, and I love working with Granadillo because of how chatoyant it is. OK, OK, I just can't pick a favorite.
I find it is more about the pieces than the species. You can generally find some really nice figure and grain in most woods. I found a deformed piece of Chichipate, generally boring and typically used for flooring, but got a beautiful chatoyant pen from it. I usually look for the ugly duckling pieces like this. The blank was more twisted and bent than that picture really shows. It was a challenge, which is why the inlay is there, but plan B often works out better than I had originally planned anyway.
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Walnut... hands down flatwork or turning.I am an olive wood fan. What is your favourite wood to work with?
Very pretty pen. I love the smell of lilac in bloom. My first house had a bush of it in the backyard. If you can call a 15' tall 30' around tree a bush.I enjoy turning all species of wood but some just do a job on me with the results. This is a pen from a lilac bush. The flowers were purple and that color is natural in the wood. Keeps me coming back time and time again!!!
What a beauty!! Nice job!! Thanks for sharing!I enjoy turning all species of wood but some just do a job on me with the results. This is a pen from a lilac bush. The flowers were purple and that color is natural in the wood. Keeps me coming back time and time again!!!
Yea right there with you. Some of the best.Honduran rosewood - beautiful and don't even need a fancy finish because it polishes so nicely!