Thread: My Turn To Gloat

Nice score Ian. Looks like a fair amount of spaulting happening in the timber too. Now the LONG wait till it's dried out enough to turn.

Originally Posted by Pariss

Nice score Ian. Looks like a fair amount of spaulting happening in the timber too. Now the LONG wait till it's dried out enough to turn.

Thanks mate yer but it will be worth it in the end. I think there maybe a couple of smaller pieces that might be dry but will see when I cut it all up for drying ;-)

Ian

time to find that old working microwave Ian slice it up and speed things up the sooner it turnable the better.

Ian, I have had great success with Olive wood g dried up in my roof. Since my last drying we have had a fan fitted up in the roof that cycles in when the roof temperature exceeds 17 degrees now after our heavy frost even around 10 am for some hours the temp in the house gets to 18 degrees through a Hep filter and 7 inlets in the house proving even in the winter there is a lot of heat to make use of especially for pen blanks. Some Olive amongst these. RHS second Pic

Kind regards Peter.

1 thread, 2 gloats from 2 different people

did your mums not tel you that its not nice to TEASE

all the best

MIK

If all you are after is pen blanks, cut it into slabs 25mm thick ASAP to dry

Originally Posted by MBUMIK

1 thread, 2 gloats from 2 different people

did your mums not tel you that its not nice to TEASE

all the best

MIK

Enough said above

Cheers Ian

Originally Posted by wheelinround

time to find that old working microwave Ian slice it up and speed things up the sooner it turnable the better.

It might be happening mate it has some lovely colour can't resist D

Originally Posted by Penpal

Ian, I have had great success with Olive wood g dried up in my roof. Since my last drying we have had a fan fitted up in the roof that cycles in when the roof temperature exceeds 17 degrees now after our heavy frost even around 10 am for some hours the temp in the house gets to 18 degrees through a Hep filter and 7 inlets in the house proving even in the winter there is a lot of heat to make use of especially for pen blanks. Some Olive amongst these. RHS second Pic

Kind regards Peter.

Hey Peter

Thanks for the info mate might have to look at that idea ;-)

Originally Posted by MBUMIK

1 thread, 2 gloats from 2 different people

did your mums not tel you that its not nice to TEASE

all the best

MIK

MIK she did but why not P

Originally Posted by dai sensei

If all you are after is pen blanks, cut it into slabs 25mm thick ASAP to dry

Hey Neil thanks mate will do just wait on blades for the bandsaw wanna cut some bigger blanks aswell like bottle Stoppers and bowls

Originally Posted by Dorno

Enough said above

Cheers Ian

Lol Ian fair enough ;-)

This one of the smaller bit it seems dry to me anyone got any ideas of to tell for sure ;-)

Ian

Touch against your face, you can usually feel the moisture, but otherwise use a moisture meter

Well done Ian, but a a bit of a waste if you gonna wrap them in snake skin LOL best ya post them over here and I''ll dry em out for ya. BTW u didn"t name that New baby JR Gent, or JR Victor to go with Sierra did ya?

Originally Posted by Nai84

..wanna cut some bigger blanks as well like bottle Stoppers and bowls

See here may be of use https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/how...9/#post1676525

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Touch against your face, you can usually feel the moisture, but otherwise use a moisture meter

Thanks for the tip mate ;-)

Originally Posted by tdrumnut

Well done Ian, but a a bit of a waste if you gonna wrap them in snake skin LOL best ya post them over here and I''ll dry em out for ya. BTW u didn"t name that New baby JR Gent, or JR Victor to go with Sierra did ya?

Thanks mate lol no snake skins on these ones P. Lol mate I bet u would ;-) nah I didn't but Sierra and Aurora are both pens lol my wife liked the name Sierra and as soon as she said it my first response was she is gonna make a one of a kind pen lol

Originally Posted by dai sensei

See here may be of use https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/how...9/#post1676525

Thanks mate ;-)