Spun up a couple more pens. This is a blast and I could just set home and do these full time. Kind of fun playing with different woods, kind of like a box of chocolate, never know what your gonna get.
First one I call my stealth pen, officers at work I think will love it. Great for taking notes during a situation at night so the bad guy don't see the reflection of your pen. (yeah right)
It's Wenge wood and turned better than I expected, pretty tight grain, nice smooth finish. Kind of hard to catch the grain with the camera.
The gold appointed one is made with Leopard wood. It spun OK, the grain is a bit loose. I'll probably just get close next time and get down to finish size with sand paper or something to try not to tear up the grain. It's smooth but there are some tiny voids. Looking at it again now, it's not bad at all, it will pass muster.
Stayed home one more day to help the wife. She's doing ok as I expected. Hate to go back to work for 1 day but a 1 day work week is something I've always dreamed of. Guess a lot of folks are out sick so guess I'll go in and act like I care.
Probably done for today on the lathe but think I'll spin up a few and send them to Yangdu, she sends me stuff, maybe she can use some of these and be a very tiny bit of pay back.
I'll put on my A game so they turn out real nice.