Some LT-10 milling

[SDB777]

Okay, the spirit of sharing has once again jumped into me!

Eastern Red Cedar stumpage...made a 'waste fence' with some 2x4's(finally, a use for a 2by).




Made a few passes, these will find their way into some pen blanks probably...nothing else much good for them.




Was just after this chunk anyway, bowl blank!





Loading some video into the computer for editting, not sure if I want it in the 'net yet....we'll see?

Scott (ERC Rules, the rest drools) B

 

[SDB777]

No sense in just milling a chunk of Eastern Red Cedar for a single bowl blank! Heckfire NO!!!


Here is a couple of chunks of American Sweetgum, as you can see, this stuff is boring...after all, it has a few colorations, some spalting, and weird things going on inside. So BORING!



The peices standing up on the left side are only 1/2in thickness, I'll be putting those on the RingMaster bowl lathe. The rest are going to be made into pen blanks, they'll need a few months in the shed to dry the rest of the way.




Few close-up teasers! FYI, the fella that did the sharpening/set on these bands, will NOT be doing them again....the 'set' sucks to say the least, as can be seen by the lines running across the pieces. I won't call the North Little Rock based company out...but I'm sure if you wanted to find out whom did it. Just a quick search would be all that is needed.








BTW, an unphoto group of bowl blanks made their way into the shed too.

Scott (smells something special) B

 

[IanB22]

That is some interesting stuff...even of its meant for pen blanks, it's still interesting and that's what makes this such a fun hobby/game. You never know what your gonna get...but you do know no one else can but things like this.

 

[SDB777]

IanB22,

Unfortunately, pen blanks pay. I can slab flitches all day, take 20 photo's of each one and post them on the website...only to get 'wannabes' asking for more photo's from this angle or that lighting, just to get 'run-around'. The time it takes to do all that junk, I could have made $500 just selling little chunks of wood...simple to figure which way makes the money.
And with the WoodMizer I can make a pile of pen blanks in just a few hours, and I'm talking about 1,000's of them(think $0.75 each times thousands)....


Some of those pieces do make it into 'my stash'.....
Those 1/2" thick pieces have been run through my Makita 2012BN to make sure they are completely flat, and in the very near future I'll be putting them on the RingMaster lathe to make some bowls! Not much money in them, but I like making them and giving them away at Christmas...




Scott (big slabs are just fun) B