Corn Cob

[PenCasso]

My mentor about a year ago, had given me a few corn cobs and said " This will test your patience and your skills". Well I've made 3 now and have throughly enjoyed making them.

This was the last of my cobs.

 

[Kenny Durrant]

Nice work. Was the blank stabilized? It looks like there's a lot of holes so there would be lots of room for chipping. I'm not a fan of the copper platings but it really goes well with the corn cob.

 

[JohnU]

You've done well with them. I often finding myself turning them close and then sanding them to finished size so I dont chip them out. I usually fill and finish them with CA but I like the looks of the raw material and think it might just enhance the fact that it is corncob to many who associate with it. I agree with Kenny, the copper goes well with it. Thanks for sharing!

 

[PenCasso]

Nice work. Was the blank stabilized? It looks like there's a lot of holes so there would be lots of room for chipping. I'm not a fan of the copper platings but it really goes well with the corn cob.

I used wood hardner for about 3 months, it's finished with thin CA and then Med CA. You can't feel the holes, the holes make it deceiving as if you can pick at them.

 

[keithbyrd]

Nice job on the pens!
Corn cobs are cool to turn. I think I still have about 10 of them that I stabilized. They actually turn pretty easily and finish nicely if stabilized!

 

[egnald]

You did a nice job on the pens.

Corn cobs are just not my thing though. I guess it's because I've always been around a surplus of them. We used them to "gravel" the driveway, burn them (by the way, they make great fuel as they produce almost no ash), ground or chopped the to add bulk to animal feed and for use as animal bedding, and of course in the "way back" as an alternative for the "Sears Catalog" - if you are old enough and rural enough to know what I mean.

Dave