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Can any tell me what this wood is Please this is a closer pic of the end after turning a fine cut its not been sanded but it has a beautiful finish

Making a nutcracker bowl from oak is foodsafe oil ok on Oak or do I really need a foodsafe finish on it

This is a pen I entered in a "pretty wood" contest. There were MANY pens. I didn't win but I made it through 3 rounds. Buckeye on a magnetic Graduate, CA finish. This pen looks a lot better in person.

In x cut Yew, with Melamine finish.

...Turned as a streamline. Turkey Oak sapwood with Melamine finish.

My first of this kit and i already love it. This and the Mistral are easily my favourite 2 fountain pen kits. I stopped using a Ca finish on my Bog Oak a long time ago. Now i sand it, use sealer, sand it back then rub with denatured alcohol and a dark bees wax. Leaves a beautiful natural finish...

In cross cut Turkey Oak, finish is Melamine.

Spalted beech, diam. 290 mm, hight 60 mm, food safe oil finish

Made my first Shakespeare fountain pen today, dressed in olive ash crosscut, as usual melamine finish.

Hey all. I haven't made a pen yet but I do have a blank ready to go. I just need to finish making the mandrel and I should be ready to go.

Last turned platter from spalted beech, just fine sanded but no finish on it yet. Depends of the final use, melamine or food safe finish. Diameter is 290 mm and 50 mm high.

Hey guys struggling to find some info on ca glue (i did try the search bar) I have a square alumilite clear/elm blank that i want to add a super gloss finish to (newbie so unsure how possible that is) from what ive read 2/3 layers of ca glue gives a nice gloss finish but im unsure whays the...

Another TM Alpha in a "Fiji" blank finished with Melamine. Really having trouble getting a satisfactory finish though - the images don't really show the problem. The wood is fine but the Alumilite is just not quite right, inconsistent "shine" Maybe I'm over-working it :thinks:

Not finished yet but plenty of sanding to do now but question l have what is the best finish to put on this the baby's not due till about MAY {l think} more pictures when it is done and l have built the stand for the rocker

Over time I have accumulated heaps of kits other than Slimlines, mostly favouring the Slims. My Ideal bush for turning and I make and modify them by stepping the shoulder next to the blank I then have a reference to the finished sizing, clearance to finish turn the blank and not the bush, also...

Well, I decided this weekend to try out the Melamine finish technique that Phil (kindly) shared with us. I followed it to the letter except for thinning the sealer, mainly because I didn't have any thinners! However, the sanding and burnishing with the shavings gave me one of the smoothest pens...

On the IAP there is talk of a finish that uses Black Light to set it, touted as better than, far superior to CA etc. Our Dentists are using similar glues etc every time they get a chance so it must be relatively safe along with mercury based fillings being phased out. The usual talk of high...

Something a bit different, the pyro work makes the finish look a bit bumpy but it is smooth to the touch.

I made these for my granddaughters for Christmas. Curly Maple with CA finish. Both girls love to draw.

Thanks to everyone who voted for my entry, it really means a lot. It's made from Red Mallee Burl, on an Executive pen kit. The finish is CA, sanded and then buffed with buffing compound.