Bree
Member
I am not thrilled with this pen. Because I expected more. I got this teak board that is all curly... not heavy maple curl but a moderate yet distinct curl which is pretty uncommon in teak. To kick it up I decide to cut some on the bias. The wood had some dark streaks and other odd patches evident after I milled the blanks. So I wasn't sure what the end result would be.
I acetoned the turned blanks and then used my favorite Tung Oil concoction with heat and time to help it polymerize and dry. That helped a little. Anyhoo... after my normal MM-12000, CA-BLO, double buff and Ren Wax here is the result. I have included a PIC of the original board. Don't know why the curl disappeared... it went all the way through the original and wasn't planer or saw chatter. It has a little chatoyancy but no curl. Weird.
![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I acetoned the turned blanks and then used my favorite Tung Oil concoction with heat and time to help it polymerize and dry. That helped a little. Anyhoo... after my normal MM-12000, CA-BLO, double buff and Ren Wax here is the result. I have included a PIC of the original board. Don't know why the curl disappeared... it went all the way through the original and wasn't planer or saw chatter. It has a little chatoyancy but no curl. Weird.
![sCIMG5413.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dynawide.com%2Fimages%2FsCIMG5413.jpg&hash=2116d4c22ad0c19640079b484d448798)
![sCIMG5426.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dynawide.com%2Fimages%2FsCIMG5426.jpg&hash=835f5bae55821917f8ddddd009a8c900)
![sCIMG5427.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dynawide.com%2Fimages%2FsCIMG5427.jpg&hash=d1c9b635deefbb4bf1fc0b31a9ef9e54)
![sCIMG5428.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dynawide.com%2Fimages%2FsCIMG5428.jpg&hash=4115fefeeeab7b0eec0d6ec9de14f66f)
![sCIMG5429.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dynawide.com%2Fimages%2FsCIMG5429.jpg&hash=e6cc236803c0c7972442e24f02ed6bb8)