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  • durango dude
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2011
    • 934
    • a thousand or so feet above insanity
    • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

    Toes into the dark side

    I'm in love with the wood on the left. It was in a pen blank grab bag. Please tell me what it is!
    Last edited by durango dude; 01-28-2019, 12:26 AM.
  • Bill in Buena Park
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 1865
    • Buena Park, CA
    • CM 21829

    #2
    Nice job, off to a great start. The color and grain remind me of bocote.
    Bill in Buena Park

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    • leehljp
      Just me
      • Dec 2002
      • 8429
      • Tunica, MS
      • BT3000/3100

      #3
      Yes, bocote is what it looks like to me too.
      Hank Lee

      Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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      • capncarl
        Veteran Member
        • Jan 2007
        • 3564
        • Leesburg Georgia USA
        • SawStop CTS

        #4
        I recently cut some Redbud that looks like that, the lighter colored pen.

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        • leehljp
          Just me
          • Dec 2002
          • 8429
          • Tunica, MS
          • BT3000/3100

          #5


          Did it look anything like the above?
          Hank Lee

          Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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          • durango dude
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2011
            • 934
            • a thousand or so feet above insanity
            • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

            #6
            It’s pretty waxy, and smells like cow dung when I started to turn it.

            Pretty sure it's bocote ------- man ---- this is beautiful wood!
            Last edited by durango dude; 02-04-2019, 01:58 PM.

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            • durango dude
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2011
              • 934
              • a thousand or so feet above insanity
              • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

              #7

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              • durango dude
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2011
                • 934
                • a thousand or so feet above insanity
                • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

                #8
                Toughest darn wood I've ever touched.
                Last edited by durango dude; 02-10-2019, 09:49 PM.

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                • leehljp
                  Just me
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 8429
                  • Tunica, MS
                  • BT3000/3100

                  #9
                  Looks GREAT!
                  Hank Lee

                  Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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                  • durango dude
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2011
                    • 934
                    • a thousand or so feet above insanity
                    • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

                    #10
                    This is much more affordable than furniture.

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                    • leehljp
                      Just me
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 8429
                      • Tunica, MS
                      • BT3000/3100

                      #11
                      Warning #1 : it starts off like checkers; it ends up like chess.

                      Warning #2: It starts off costing like a Dollar General; it ends up costing like Cartier diamond.
                      Hank Lee

                      Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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                      • durango dude
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2011
                        • 934
                        • a thousand or so feet above insanity
                        • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

                        #12
                        Can you say “Sorby?”

                        My nickel says there’ll be a Nova in my shop in 3-5 years

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                        • durango dude
                          Senior Member
                          • Mar 2011
                          • 934
                          • a thousand or so feet above insanity
                          • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

                          #13
                          My name is Richard. It had been 00 days since my last woodworking shopping spree.

                          It all all happened so fast,

                          Went to woodcraft and picked up a 90 degree elbow, and a Rikon dust bag.

                          I was doing fine fine until I saw the pile of 4:4 cherry cutoffs.

                          I feel so ashamed.......

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                            LOL well done
                        • capncarl
                          Veteran Member
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 3564
                          • Leesburg Georgia USA
                          • SawStop CTS

                          #14
                          What size to cut pen blanks? I’ve got a wheelbarrow full of drops from cutting Tiny Tables apron coves that I hate to throw away. Tell me the size and I’ll rough them out on the band saw and see what’s available, then if anyone wants them we will go from there.

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                          • durango dude
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2011
                            • 934
                            • a thousand or so feet above insanity
                            • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

                            #15
                            3/4 x 3/4 x 6"

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