Thread: Iron Wood

Nice pen Dave! Worthless wood is not so worthless.

Aways a surprise result with these ,I have done a few courtesy of "Neil" but saving scraps of timber for the future hehe ! Well done as can be a bit of a challenge with "dissimilar" materials as far as finishing goes . Cheers ~ John

I do like that

Originally Posted by dj_pnevans

My FIL is down from Darwin and gave me a far bit of iron wood most were intact but some not. He cut them from his block at Humpty Doo. This was sanded to 12000 then hit with spray resin 3 coats. The pen kit was from Brett (thanks mate). Any feed back welcome.
David

You are a very luck man. Iron wood from gods country, Humpty Doo
And I think you have done a great job


If you ever visit your FIL drop me a line

Have a few bits that I am waiting for the facilities to do that with... love you're pen, beautifully executed

very nicely done, i love this worthless wood stuff as well, just seems to have extra character, and thats what we all strive to achieve

job well done

MIK

Thanks guys this was my first one in my pressure pot.
David

did you use vacuum as well or just pressure

i am gaining a collection of burl cap pieces to play with, and i found some of what we called noggin nuts when we were kids (damn that was a long time ago), they look like little round pine cones, so i am going to try these as well

MIK

Nice one DJ, just ensure yo are fully masked up when you turn that IW as it is pretty toxic

Originally Posted by Simomatra

Nice one DJ, just ensure yo are fully masked up when you turn that IW as it is pretty toxic

I did a pencil today and used a mask when sanding (pic to come soon)

Mik I just used pressure.
David

Achieved an effective contrast, Amos

Hello Dave,
Yep nice work
Willy
Jarrahland

Great looking pen David.