I'm a newbie, but I'm already curious about new scales for a pair of Wapis I have.
Is spalted maple a good choice?
They have perfect sized blanks on eBay.
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I'm a newbie, but I'm already curious about new scales for a pair of Wapis I have.
Is spalted maple a good choice?
They have perfect sized blanks on eBay.
I'm using it to do a set right now. Only bad thing is it seems kind of soft, so you just have to be careful.
One trick I use when making pens from spalted maple is to use cyanoacrylate (ca) glue to stabalize the wood as I am working. One advantage of this is that it kind of plasticizes the wood so that you can polish it. I have actually used ca as a finish on some pens and other small turnings.
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Is it spalted maple or myrtle?
Maple is what he said. Maple is also what I have.