Been lookin for something interesting and/or fun to do, but haven't come up with anything lately. So I decided to go to my cold garage and start up the lathe. I haven't done any turning since early summer. I had to take some time to tidy things up and find things.
I ended up turning this European style twist pen from Lacewood. Lacewood is grown in Australia and is a relative of the American Sycamore. It is a neat, exotic wood that it is used extensively in veneers, decorative boxes and ornaments, intarsia, plywood, and turning. When it is cut correctly, it has a 'fish scale like' appearance.
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