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Frederick

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Hi all

Not been around lately due to domestic pressures but have made some time
to try improve my skills.
I now have a vacuum and pressure chamber and now
enjoying trying to dry out, stabilize and turn into pens.

I have taken some pictures but photography is not my best
subject :-)

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JerseyBill

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I'll agree with you Frederick - the photo obviously does not do these pens justice. But I can still see that they are a trio of well-turned and finished pens! The woods that you have used are interesting and you have got a good finish to them. I like them a lot!:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
 

Frederick

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Hello Peter
Great to talk again. The top pen is spalted Elm. How I managed to come by it I do not know. I think it came in a batch of wood I bought for another job from the local timber merchant.
The remaining two are spalted Beech. I took a small log from the local wood; dried and stablised it.
Thanks for the best wishes - appreciated.
Cheers
 

Gregory Hardy

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It looks like you have managed to stabilize well - the spalting and such in those blanks were probably a lathe disaster waiting to happen before you treated them. Congratulations on the process.
 
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