Curly ERC anyone ever seen any?

[jeff...]

You guys ever seen curly eastern red cedar? Man it's awesome looking 8-O

I've cut up alot of ERC since I got my WM, I ran across one with figured grain that had an old coke bottle in the log. But I was milling along slicing slabs and a happened to look at the log and there was a patch of curly grain. I thought to myself, curly cedar yeah right. But I set the board aside and took it in the shop a little later. I ran it through the planer and sure enough it's curly eastern red cedar a small patch never the less but still curly. Wow now I think I've seen just about everything 8-O. So I sliced that section out, dried it and cut that bad boy into pen blanks :-D. I searched the rest of the lumber from that log and no more curly-ness :crybaby2:.

[Greybeard]

No Pictures...Never Happened!!:lol: :lol: Pictures please!;-)

[jeff...]

oh thats right pictures, eye candy

[sapwood]

Curliest red cedar I've seen.

Roger

[Greybeard]

Jeff, That is some pretty wood! Turn a pen and let everyone see a real good looking pen! Thanks for the pics! :-)

[NZAPP1]

Man that is sweet. I would like to turn some of that curl

[cskipper]

Those are beautiful blanks!

[DaveO]

I would love to turn a pen or two out of Lot #2, let me have a crack before you send it to the IAP :-D

Dave:-)

[ChrisMathes]

I'de be happy to turn lot 4 for you and send you pictures of what they look like. If you pay shipping, I'll pay for the film development..hahahaha

Nice looking cedar...
Chris

[skeeter]

wow!!

[JRD]

Jeff,

I turned a pen/pencil set for my youngest son out of Cedar because that's the wood he selected.

Just remember, Cedar is very soft and dings will show up very early on if the owner/user isn't carefull with the pen.

Don't want to pop your bubble because that is some very "purdy" wood.

Jim

[jeff...]

I would love to turn a pen or two out of Lot #2, let me have a crack before you send it to the IAP :-D

Dave:-)

Man that is sweet. I would like to turn some of that curl

Dave/Nick, It's a little to late, their already posted over on IAP, BUT I just so happen to have a few extras. Shoot me your address in a PM and I'll snail mail some your way

Thanks

[ChrisMathes]

The nice CA finish these guys will use will compensate for any 'mishandlings', I'm sure...
:-)

Chris

[PeteM]

" Dave/Nick, It's a little to late, their already posted over on IAP"

I checked the Lexicon - No IAP. What is IAP???

pete

[clowman]

The IAP is the International Association of Penturners. It's a board much like this one, but it's main focus is pen turning.