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Round 3 of the pen trade.

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#1 ·
Round 3 of the pen trade.

The Box arrived today Sat. Oct 18,2008.

It looks different from when I saw it last.

I removed some Ca Olive, TulipWood, Brazilian Cherry and Eucuaplus.

I added 6 Spalted Holly, 5 Spalted Maple and 18 Cherry Burl.

The reasion that I asked Tim for the number of people in this series is because i wanted to put in one pen blank for each person that is participating in Round #3.

I talked to Tim about this while Round 2 was still running. I had a cherry burl placed in my driveway and Yorkshire Stewart made a comment in You know you are a LumberJock and he referred to my post. ScottB stated that this log will always be known as #391.

So here is the Challenge I'm giving you one blank of Cherry Burl #391 and asking that you make a pen from it. Then post a picture of the blank, the pen and any repairs work you had to do in the blank.

Some of the blankls might be smaller, if the pen you are going to make can use the smaller blank, then take one of them.

Give the project a tag of Challenge391 so that we can all find the results of our pen turning.

Now get to work.

The spalted Holly and Spalted Maple


The Cherry Burl for Challenge #391
 
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Thanks Karson, I knew that of course, but you got my point… That cherry looks well, Cherry! I look at some of the blanks and think 'what the heck am I going to contribute', but I know I'll find something worthwhile… I have some box elder, butternut, cherry (not burl, but gorgeous deep color even when freshly cut), Lots of Mahagony … hmmm, guess I do have something after all!

I'm looking out the window at my work van…

And I'm thinking… darn, no insulation and barely any heat out in the shop… better dress warm before I go out there!
 
#11 ·
They are stating frost warning for tonight. But the interesting thing about my shop is the wood pile. It can be zero outside and when I go to the shop, I've never found it colder than 40 deg. The massive wood block keeeps the shop warmer. I'll turn the heat on and get it up to 60 deg.

In the summertime the temp outside might be 90 and it's 74 in the shop. I'll turn the air on so that I can keep the humidity down.

Have fun with #391.
 
#12 ·
Wow! Sounds like round three will create some excitement. Looking forward to the #391 cherry. I just finished turning an order of 500 pens from staves salvaged out of a Jack Daniel's whiskey barrel - still have a major hangover from all the fumes! I will throw some leftover blanks from that project and some absolutely beautiful box elder into the box.
 
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