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Birds eye maple seems to have fallen out of favor in the last couple years. I haven't seen it used much in furniture as of late. I obtained this material from a supplier in the northern midwest. I stabilized it with resin and made the blanks into chisel handles. I thought it was interesting how the eyes sort of visually smeared around the handles as they were turned.
Ron
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Beautiful work, as usual! Did you use any stain or did the resin darken them a little?
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It would make me sad hitting them with a mallet. They look amazing.
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(01-30-2023, 01:05 PM)Tapper Wrote: Beautiful work, as usual! Did you use any stain or did the resin darken them a little?
Doug
Just a bit of dye
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(01-30-2023, 01:06 PM)stav Wrote: It would make me sad hitting them with a mallet. They look amazing.
What Stav said, for sure...
Gorgeous!
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(01-30-2023, 11:14 AM)Ron Brese Wrote: Birds eye maple seems to have fallen out of favor in the last couple years. I haven't seen it used much in furniture as of late. I obtained this material from a supplier in the northern midwest. I stabilized it with resin and made the blanks into chisel handles. I thought it was interesting how the eyes sort of visually smeared around the handles as they were turned.
Ron
Yep. Looks pretty good to me, as always. I have only turned a few birds eye handles for my little dovetail tools. Came out looking pretty much the same. Nice thing about the resin is it helps prevent tear out.
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You're right Ron the extra density really helps keep the eyes in tact.
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