rodm
10th March 2004, 10:45 PM
I want to make a pen and pencil set from a fallen branch. I have the option to select an pen sized section or to rip down a larger section to make a quarter sawn square blank.
Given that the smaller section would have the central growth rings drilled out and a brass insert glued in will the finished pen be likely to split? I would prefer to do it this way because it would give a much better grain pattern than quarter sawn.
Given that the smaller section would have the central growth rings drilled out and a brass insert glued in will the finished pen be likely to split? I would prefer to do it this way because it would give a much better grain pattern than quarter sawn.