Maple burl

Hi All,

This was going to be for a Rollester pen kit but I decided not to fit the parts.

The wood was pretty punky and I didn't do a great job of filling. I wanted to see how this lovely Maple looked with a finish, so I completed the process.

Maple burl pen blank - YouTube

MAPLE CAN MESMERISE YOU Paul,takes a lovely appearance lightly stained.

Peter.

Enjoyed the video. I think it's good to see how others work and think.
I wish there were more. Thanks

Frederick

What a lovely blank, it’s just a same about the damage. Thanks again for sharing Paul.

Lovely looking blank .

Great looking blank.......some you win, some we try bloody hard and it still beats you!!
It's all a learning curve!!

A valiant effort. I agree that filling it earlier might have mad a difference, but that's easy for me to say in hindsight. A slightly different gouge presentation may have perhaps made a difference too - but again, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Phil Dart said:

A slightly different gouge presentation may have perhaps made a difference too

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Hi Phil,

Do you mean use more of a shear scrape cut? I see the tool was nose in at the catch point.

Cheers,
Paul.

Paul hd said:

Do you mean use more of a shear scrape cut? I see the tool was nose in at the catch point.

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Difficult to see from your video exactly your presentation but it looks like you are using a pull cut in a sort of scraping action on the wing but with the bevel rubbing. You could try turning the flute to about 10 o'clock, bring the handle into your body a wee bit more so you're presenting the tip at about 2 o'clock, and use a very very light push cut with the bevel rubbing. That would be quite a bit less aggressive than a pull cut or a scrape or than presenting the tip either on the wing or at 12 o'clock.

As you've already highlighted though, I think however you had presented what ever type of tool, you probably couldn't have saved it unless you'd spotted the rotted earlier. You were just unfortunate on this occasion.

Nice save.

Les