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bubinga

  1. TVS

    9 inch Bubinga bowl

    Fresh of the lathe this morning a 9” Bubinga fruit/ salad bowl finished with sanding sealer and spray lacquer
  2. Woody

    Latest bowls

    There was a time when I turned mostly bowls and a few pens but a combination of age and health I now turn mostly pens and the odd bowl once in a blue moon here are a few of my latest 6" to 16" oak, 12" Holm Oak, 18" beech and 6" Bubinga sadly I cant manage the big stuff anymore so I have sold...
  3. Walter

    "Stubby" Mistral

    Those who saw my demo at Wear Valley in April will remember that the reason I didn't finish my closed end Beaufort Mistral (posted last week) was due to my messing up the first attempt. Normally when a blank gets damaged I just turn it away and re-use the tube but I liked this bit of bubinga so...
  4. xjr1300

    Another Maple & Bubinga

    Maple & Bubinga streamline. Pat
  5. xjr1300

    Maple & Bubinga

    Maple & Bubinga slimline. Pat
  6. M

    Melamine Finish

    Never having used it before I bought some Chestnut melamine finish for my pens. I have now tried it on a couple of "practice" turned pen blanks (not finished pens!) to get the method right. I have failed completely so far. No shine at all on a bubinga blank. I want to switch to melamine...
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