timber

The rain came down I escaped into the Workshop,the timber a gift from Casey. Peter.

Hi Everyone, I sometimes make pens with glued sections of timber. One that I particularly like is, for example, maple bands in ebony, or vice versa. However, I often find that the darker timber discolours the lighter timber, making it beige or, even worse, just a dirty grey colour. Does anyone...

Deep and lovely timber. The rest is offcut Pinoak. Peter.:thumbs:

Slimline dressed in what I thought was lacewood but not sure as I can’t see enough to make it out.

As promised Brown Mallee Burl as I only know it ,ie I have selectively bought over 40 yrs. In fact the larger Cue Stick piece and the other pen blank must be in the order of that old cut,well dried prior to this. I find it photographs shyly with a slight cast . However this is the (IMHO) the...

It is just after lunch time Saturday here and I just did a series of 21 pics in 10 minutes of how I obtain my pics and post them on forums. I took the pics hand wobbly held from behind the set up using camera and camera flash with the set up lights on. Apologies for the dust on the copier paper...

Love this timber with this detail in the Sapwood. Peter.

Trying to stay in practice. A nice grain pattern from a seldom seen timber - Mescal Bean.

Hi all, well some may know I did an olive wood pen for a guy in Cyprus!!!...he has just commissioned another from we'll see attached! This is really old timber that was used to make a local church....no pressure then:pray:

I earlier posted this segmented pen/description here.. I had mentioned that I was not totally happy with it, so here is a second version with some "adjustments." 1. I used a 3-sided design instead of a 4-sided one. This increased the size of the timber between the segmentation. 2. I used a...

Not happy with first photograph which doesn't do justice to this lovely timber, this photo shows a piece of the blank.

Iterations of this Timber can be beautiful as this one came up well. Peter.

My neighbor had a large blow down in a storm. 2 weeks later another limb went down. This one did damage to her garage. It punched a 2 foot diameter hole in the roof. The tree was rotting in the middle but wasn't apparent. Insurance said to remove the tree. I have enough timber to last...

Collected some 40 years ago a special timber,in this one more precious because the sapwood blends so well. Kind regards Peter.:goesred::goesred::goesred:

This is a lush and rich timber, perfect for pens!

A Gold and gun-metal Sirocco pen. Made using a rare Afzelia timber from Laos .

Every now and again I get to cut across the grain with this timber. Every piece I have is eaten down the centre by Termites. Way back it became a very favourite timber to seek out and use. Happy with this one. Peter.:thumbs:

Burled and beautiful timber in this form and others. Peter.

Two timber slimline pens. The first is in oak. The second in unknown timber.

I own a Record BS300E band saw. I am at present making some jigs to assist with cutting timber for pens and segment bowls. I am looking for to purchase some bar to make a slide to allow my jig to accurately slide across the saw table. It seems to be an odd size slot that record use. I have...