Canadian Baron's

[Jim Shaver, Oakville Ont]

Hi,

These are two of a series of box elder burls I have been turning this week, they are on chrome Barons.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9123.jpg

These are my first all Canadian Barons from William Wood-Write (Canadian Supplier of Barons). So are these stabilized blanks.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/jimshaver50/IMG_9120.jpg


I liked the blanks very much, they seemed to have a very dense stabilization and were easy to turn and finish with MM and polish.

I tried to make these as slim as I could without going flat on the bodies B2B.


All comments-critiques are welcomed

[Jeffrey Fusaro]

WOW! very nice!

i love those stabilized blanks. they are beautiful.

well done, jim!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautiful Jim as always. I really like the looks of those stabilized burls. Job well done.

[Patrick Taylor]

Since these are stabilized, what did you use for finishing?


Thanks.

[Mike Vickery]

Nice look pens. Glad someone else like leaving those extra parts off the pen.

[Jason Slutsky]

Very nice! That is some incredibly 3D looking wood!

[Jim Shaver, Oakville Ont]

Nice look pens. Glad someone else like leaving those extra parts off the pen.

I'm with you Mike,

I realy think the extra rings on the Baron look "kit like". I like the simple look of the thin ring.

Finish:
Pretty straight forward, I turn with a skew, smooth planing cuts, hone one last time before the "money cut", leaves a very smooth surface.

I wet sand with Abralon 500-1000-2000-4000, wet sand with MM 4000-6000-8000-12000, use Novus 2 polish......all with the lathe at 500 rpm, wiping clean between sanding sheets.

[Mark Rios]

Aaahhh maaaannnnnn..........I thought that the title of this thread was a typo. I was hoping to read about Canadian Bacon.


Damn.........



They are nice looking pens though.












:D

[Pete Jordan]

A pleasure to watch!