pine cone

[laurie sullivan]

i found this in the park, walking the dogs. i guess that if canburn it .....you can turn it. soooooo, am i think out side the box again.:rolleyes:

laurie


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[Tom Sherman]

You go girl, that is one fine pen. I like it mucho.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

You Da Woo..man! Great pen, I love what you did, it has a real unique look to it. I'll have to try and send you some Texas Pine Cones.:eek:

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Laurie...............Stunning! I'm amazed by the ability of some people who have the ingenuity of using something I wouldn't even consider turnable! Wow!

[Jeff Moffett]

Very, very cool. Do you mind sharing how you did it?

[laurie sullivan]

this was one the ground maybe a few days. it turn like green wood. here is a picture of it before i drill it for the mandel. i simply just treated it like any other wood. but i was afraid of it exploding in the lathe. shape tools and CA.

laurie


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[Chris Barton]

Very interesting! I really like the look!

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

That one's a show-stopper, Laurie!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful Laurie. Yep that is thinking out of the box. Beautiful pen. Nice job.

[Dennis Peacock]

Very unique, very pretty pen Laurie. You did excellent on that. Who'd uh thunk-it about a pine cone wanting to become a pen. :D

[Rob Bourgeois]

That a cool looking pen. Good idea.

Those magnolia "cones" might have a use after all...:)

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

WTG Laurie. I Like the look and the inovative thought that went into it.

Bruce

[Ernie Nyvall]

Great idea Laurie and that's a fine looking pen. Thanks for showing.

Ernie

[Brian McInturff]

Very Kool. I think I'll have to give that a try if I can find a cone big enough. My mom loves Pine Cones at Christmas and what a great gift it would be for her. You don't mind if I try one do you:)
Brian

PS: I see it's a hit over at the IAP also!!

[Vaughn McMillan]

That's way cool. Laurie. We've got a couple big pines in the yard, and I'll keep an eye open for falling turning blanks. Thanks for showing it off. I just may have to try one.

- Vaughn

[Barry Stratton]

Ingenious Laurie! Well done, very well done!!!!!

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Oh boy is that cool!

Now I'll have to go and see if I can find some pine trees with big cones :D

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers!

[Keith Burns]

WOW Laurie, just excellent:) :)

[Dario Octaviano]

Wonderful pen!!!

Need to find me some pine cones :D

[Mike Ramsey]

Beautiful Pen! That's thinking outside the box! Funny I was thinking a
couple of weeks back whether or not something could be turned
from a Pine cone.....you have answered my question!

[Jim Becker]

Very kewel, Laurie! Between you and Curtis, we're seeing some really wonderful use of alternative materials these days!

[Rich Stewart]

If you can burn it, you can turn it. I'm going to remember that for my whole life now. Thanks for sharin that tid-bit. Great looking pen.