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Leopard wood pen/pencil set

Made a couple mistakes on the pen, but the pencil came out awesome. Pretty wood, was much lighter until I applied the BLO.
- Rob
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- Feb 11, 2009
- leopard pen or pencil set wood
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Woodturning
Pen/Pencil Set

My previous post for some unknown reason just wouldn't accept a photo of my weekend Pen/Pencil project. I was ready to just say forget it until Dave O. asked......... So, Dave, Just because we all know the rule..."No picture, it didn't happen." Jim
- JRD
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- Jan 14, 2007
- pen or pencil set
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Woodturning
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Pen/Pencil and a question.

I bought a bag of pen blanks from Woodcraft the other day and got some wood that I do not recognize. I went ahead and turned a couple and really liked how it turned, it was like butter it cut so smooth. The wood seems a bit oily also which may explain it. So would anyone care to enlighten me ...
- MarkW
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- Dec 4, 2006
- pen or pencil question
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Woodturning
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Pen/Pencil set

My first attempt at this and while it seemed easier than I had thought it would be, I still had some issues. I had problems estimating how close to stop the turning to the barrell's to allow it to be exactly the correct size after sanding. Is there a general rule to this ? I was using several...
- MarkW
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- Jul 23, 2006
- pen or pencil set
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Woodturning