lilac blanks
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wood-of-1kind
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Good score. You will love the 'smell' when turning lilac
endacoz
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And I can't wait to turn it! Just Cutting up those blanks on the table saw smelled great! So far olive wood has smelled the best (bethlehem wood smells better than the russian olive wood I have.) But this might beat it out for aroma!
lyonsacc
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Hmmm! I have a lilac bush that needs some trimming!
Charlie_W
Member
Great looking stock! Would make a nice ice cream scoop as well.
The log section looks like red cedar from here!
Do you know if the color will stay or will it fade with time?
The log section looks like red cedar from here!
Do you know if the color will stay or will it fade with time?
Lilac has some beautiful colors if you can keep it from cracking. I'll take all I can get!
He is a project I recently completed using Lilac:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f45/lilac-alumilite-bowl-126325/
He is a project I recently completed using Lilac:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f45/lilac-alumilite-bowl-126325/
endacoz
Member
I am hoping that the color will stay as it did with box elder flame.
With the box elder, I have had some great color stay when finished with CA right after. Again though this was less than a year ago so long long term... I don't know!
With the box elder, I have had some great color stay when finished with CA right after. Again though this was less than a year ago so long long term... I don't know!
wood-of-1kind
Member
Unfortunately but some of nice purple colour does fade as it dries. What I discovered is that a nice CA finish on a completed pen does help to retain some of the natural colour. The sad part is that CA will mask the great smell of the timber. Win 1 way but lose in another. Pretty well describes life.
glen r
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Lilac also takes colors very well. I did some pens and used red, blue and green food coloring and the Customer loved it. Made a few more pens with that wood.
endacoz
Member
Any pictures
vtgaryw
Member
My wife finally caught on that when I tell her I'm "trimming" her Lilac that I'm actually "harvesting." :bashful:
I finally made her one out of it, she's much more understanding now.
-gary
I finally made her one out of it, she's much more understanding now.
-gary