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Thread: A Mystery Gentleman
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10th June 2012, 03:57 PM #1
A Mystery Gentleman
Hi fellers. Just finished this Timberbits Gentleman in Gold Titanium. The stick of timber I picked up at the Brisbane wood show. Blowed if I have any idea just what the wood is . Turned and finished nicely, although I must admit, I turned off the bushes without using calipers, and managed to under-turn the cap end a couple of thou . After I had assembled the pen I noticed that the cap end bushes had a film of CA on them from a previous Gent pen. Bugger !!. Anyway, what is the consensus on timber type ?. Cheers everyone, happy LONG weekend.
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10th June 2012, 04:11 PM #2
Wow! Great looking pen and finish, sorry I can't help with the wood ID
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I won't guess on the timber species but the ca finish is superb as usual, a very nice pen,
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10th June 2012, 05:30 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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beautiful pen pariss! timber looks like qld maple to me
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10th June 2012, 05:37 PM #5
Lovely bit of work. It makes agreat looking pen
It does look like a piece of maple. I will let you know in a week or so when I turn a piece of the Qld Maple I got from Mapleman and I can see if the grain and colours are similar. Its certainly not Canadian Rock Maple.
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10th June 2012, 08:01 PM #6
Thats a good looker Pariss.
My guess is also Qld Maple, looks pretty much like the stuff I have.
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10th June 2012, 08:11 PM #7
Pariss, it looks like Cross Cut Curly Maple to me, a fine Gentleman he turned out to be!!!!Amos
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10th June 2012, 09:00 PM #8
Hey Pariss
A fine Gentleman he is.
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10th June 2012, 09:40 PM #9
Thanks for the kind comments guys, I forgt to mention, I sanded to 600, cleaned the blank with metho, then applied a copiouse amount BLO to the wood with finger and basically burnished the BLO into the grain of the wood. Then the usual 20 coats of thin CA. Etc. I really feel that I am getting a cleaner, brighter finish with much more chatoyance displayed within the wood doing those 2 extra steps.
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11th June 2012, 01:31 AM #10
Maple, quilted or tiger strip maple, lovely stuff, just got a bunch of turning blocks and 4/4 cuts in at work, one piece has birds eyes on one side and quilting like that on the other.
Really looks good on that pen."That's why I love my computer,,,,,,,, my friends live in it."
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11th June 2012, 02:53 AM #11
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11th June 2012, 11:50 AM #12
Very nice...have you got a supplier of sicssor hinges?
"That's why I love my computer,,,,,,,, my friends live in it."
- Colin Greg, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
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11th June 2012, 05:47 PM #13
Nice cabinet Pariss and you got away with putting it on this forum
Can you post some instructions on your version of applying BLO please. I know you did it once before but I am forgotten which post it was in.
Thanks
Greg
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11th June 2012, 06:54 PM #14
Nice Pen Pariss, The timber looks very nice. Cabinet looks great too
Good work
Cheers
Tony.
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11th June 2012, 08:28 PM #15
[QUOTE=plantagenon;1503640]Nice cabinet Pariss and you got away with putting it on this forum
Hehe, the mods having a day off ?
Re-the BLO application. It's extremely technical. Unscrew cap, insert 1 finger into bottle, remove finger covered in BLO, and wipe all over blank & bushes, put plenty on ! & rub it in. Let soak for a minute, then turn lathe on and rub off with dunny paper till no more comes off. Then do your CA finish. Besides popping the grain it hepls the bushes to release from the blank when finished. Sweet !!I never forget anything I remember !!
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