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Blue Alumilite and Maple Burl hybrid blank
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I remember you picking this one up Jim!!! You've done an excellent Job!!
That is very nice
Jim do they call these mutt blanks .
Jim
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Jim do they call these mutt blanks .
Not sure Frankie, i am not 100% it is Maple Burl, all i really remember what he said was the Blue Alumilite ...
Alan Moore
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That a nice big pen
That's a nice blank for a giveaway, Jim! Do my eyes deceive me or is the barrel a little proud at the finial end?
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Wow, your on the ball David, yes it was ... I didn't realise until i came to put it together, i had fitted the parts to the top barrel when i had realised the problem, but i put it together so it didn't miss the photo shoot along with the others i turned.
First thing this morning i put things correct again ...
I just changed the original pictures ...
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Stunning.
Boy, that turned out really nice! You did a fantastic job with that, Jim.
It's Big Leaf Maple burl. Some call them Mutts but they are really amalgums. They're more of a mutt when it's a scrap piece of wood with acrylic to get it to a blank, but this one was designed to be an amalgum, with the best piece of burl and alumilite rather than acrylic. They're difficult to turn but worth the effort.
It's Big Leaf Maple burl. Some call them Mutts but they are really amalgums. They're more of a mutt when it's a scrap piece of wood with acrylic to get it to a blank, but this one was designed to be an amalgum, with the best piece of burl and alumilite rather than acrylic. They're difficult to turn but worth the effort.