cedar

I've turned some cedar pens from smaller cedar trees.. and they've been a nice, straight-grained and a pale red color. But this one was from a giant, old cedar (on the property of my old high school) and I had no clue cedar could have so much figure. Is there such a thing as curly cedar...

Eastern Cedar gear shift pen for retiring coworker that ownes a red and white Cobra

I'm a Florida State fan and one of our local high schools also has the same colors. The pen is a Classic Rollerball dressed in Red Cedar and Osage Orange/Hedge Apple/Bodock (whatever you want to call it.) Both are from Middle Tennessee. At any rate, it's not quite Garnet & Gold, but I think...

after a long semester with three classes, I finally found time to get out to the shop. Made a great cedar fountain pen for an old boss, and great friend. Not my best work, but I am happy with it. C&C welcome!

Got some cedar from a friend and decided that I would try to make a wood vase... Here is my attempt. Anyone have any suggestions on how to hollow out the inside considering I have no "chuck" to hold it with... Can I glue a scrap piece to the bottom and use the screw holes in the headstock...

So my wife had a girls night, which allowed me to head to the shop and turn out a new pen. It is a chrome bowtie style with cedar blanks used. 6 layers of CA used to finish with a Wax buff after. Thanks for looking! Comments welcome :)

So, my church was having a missions concert to raise funds for all of our missions (trip to Kenya, trip to Nigeria, local missions as well), and they were advertising there was going to be a raffle/silent auction as well. I decided to offer a few pens for the pot. I had some spare cedar that was...

This is the third humidor that I have made. The box is made out of birch ply and covered in maple burl veneer. It is lined with Spanish cedar. The finish is 15 coats of wipe on glossy poly sanded between the coats. As far as a humidor it is excellent. The seal is perfect. I have since added a...