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6th June 2011, 10:17 PM #1
Birdseye yellow cedar
Hi all. I got some shed time tonight (call it mental therapy after a pretty rough day). I had done some glue ups over the weekend so I spun up this little beauty.
The blank is yellow cedar with some very nice birds eye through it. This blank came courtesy of Mike in Nanaimo in this years Australia day pen swap. The kit is a chrome and trvalent chrome from timberbits. Finish is the usual - sanded to 800, 20 coats thin CA, MM to 12k, brasso and hut wax. The final finish is a little more satin than the high gloss I usually get. Not too sure why but I think it suits the timber.
As always comments and criticisms welcome.
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6th June 2011, 10:35 PM #2
Very nice pen :-)
That's a very nice pen Wood Hacker and lovely birdseye there. You did a great job with the pen.
I have never heard of yellow cedar. White cedar yes, Melia azedarach var. australasica, it just got me wondering....... That's the problem with common names.....
Marg.
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6th June 2011, 10:35 PM #3
Wood Hacker what can I say but wow, Yellow Cedar is just an amazing timber, even more stunning when it has birds eye in it. The match up of the kit to the timber suits it well. Finish and fit are flawless, it would be a nice addition to a person's collection. I to call what I do, my therapy.
Cheers
Darren
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6th June 2011, 10:44 PM #4
Nice piece of wood there !. It really is very theraputic to spend an hour or two turning a couple of pens, especially after a lousy day at work. What are you using to apply the CA with ?. I've tried all sorts of things, but I seem to get the most consistant and smoothest spread of CA using Kleenex tissues folded and cut into small pads, I can get 7 pads per tissue. After my 20 coats, there is almost zero lines in the finish, and it is really easy to cut and polish with Micro mesh.
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6th June 2011, 10:51 PM #5
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6th June 2011, 10:54 PM #6
Marg
My swap partner was from Canada. I believe that it is possibly Callitropsis nootkatensis which isn't actually a cedar at all but a cyprus. It certainly had an unusual smell to it.
I use good old kitchen paper towel, whatever brand I happen to have bought last. I generally get a very nice even finish with it.
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7th June 2011, 10:41 AM #7
oooh, I like that one. Well done
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7th June 2011, 01:13 PM #8Senior Member
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Great looking pen, love the birdseye
Well done
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7th June 2011, 06:48 PM #9Skwair2rownd
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That is a beautiful pen!!
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7th June 2011, 09:49 PM #10
[QUOTE=wood hacker;1328834]Marg
My swap partner was from Canada. I believe that it is possibly Callitropsis nootkatensis which isn't actually a cedar at all but a cyprus. It certainly had an unusual smell to it.
Thanks Wood Hacker I did assume that your swap partner was an Aussie so I thought the 'cedar' was from here. Curiousity got the better of me so I looked up Yellow Cedar and found Canadian Yellow Cedar ( Chamaccyparis nootkatensis) on the Trend Timbers website. I also saw reference of Yellow Cedar from both Canada and Alaska on another link. The timbers could even be different genera and species. I know here in Queensland there are about 6 different Silky Oak and not all are the same genera let alone species. Whatever the timber you made one beautiful pen.
Marg.
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