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A BIG chunky pestle and mortar requested buy a fellow forumer who doesn't spin wood. Mortar internal 4.5" by 4.5" Pestle 8.5" by about 2.5" tapering to 2" Beech, unfinished for him to choose his own oil. It was VERY hard and took a good long time to hollow using a crown revolution, which was...

Exactly what I was going to say 😂. Mine is a frigging brute with a splitting maul - I can't pick the pieces up quickly enough when he gets started 💪

That's great. In the interests of full disclosure, it was happy amateur who suggested it - I just thought it was a great idea.

Love your work, sir. I'm sure the recipient will, too 👍

Phil, I think HA means bringing the TS centre up to the empty hollow HS spindle - so the 60 degree centre goes into the spindle bore - if HS is 'loose', it should re align with the TS. If I've misunderstood his post, apologies and I'll wind my neck in 🤐

In my experience, (limited), and the comments of others, filler of the background wood dust with some form of adhesive will always come out darker than original wood. One tip is to use a darker wood to make it seem like a natural feature. Other than that, you're into blending dusts to achieve...

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I'd say definitely fruit wood.

In celebration of father's day

For firewood, if they split is actually handy, as you say. Splitting into approx quadrants is much easier when still green. Then stack. Lengths is purely your choice/ convenience

D Sorry, no 5. Would need to see side grain to confirm or rule out beech, though

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Maybe sycamore?

I was going to suggest a series of small drill holes all around the screw that's stuck, then judicious prying it from the weakened area, but I agree with the lady couple of posts - big risk of it all being too weak to be safe. An alternative MIGHT be to put a sleeve of e.g. steel over both...

Not seen or used a Basa, but I was put off when considering, by the apparently wide footprint. Don't know if that's fair, or accurate, but in my limited knowledge, seemed a slight neg.

Ovenpaa, I'll leave the good advice to others, but just wanted to say - your dogs in your image are gorgeous!

I'm tending to holly, too

Lovely wood. Not a clue what it is. Have you got some clear view of bark, buds, leaves?

Nice effect, that. Don't beat yourself up over it not turning out as well as you want - still looks nice. I've found pens quite frustrating, tbh. Some work well and others I wonder why I bothered, yet can't always work out what I must've done differently

Oh yes, sir. I like that A LOT! The contrast really works for me. I hope you won't charge me for the request! Seriously, though - Really nice Cheers Greg