I am still playing with the lathe in between other task or when I have a little extra time. Last week I brought a load of fire wood into the shop and picked a few pieces of spalted maple to try make something out of.
I used a hatchet to rough out a blank before putting it in the lathe. I turned two ornaments from the piece of firewood. The first one I sanded using paste wax and didn't add any finish other than the paste wax.
The second ornament I stained with mahogany gel stain and I am top coating it with spray shellac.
Here are the 2 ornaments from last week with the wire added to hang them and the walnut one has 4 coats of shellac on it.
Last night I prepared some blanks for making pens and today my pen making supplies were delivered, I am looking forward to getting started making pens.
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