Pink Ivory

6/17/05, 10:44 PM #1

Keith Tompkins
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Pink Ivory

Keith Tompkins

>Just the mention of this wood makes some turners excited. I picked up a few pieces at the aaw symposium in Orlando, waiting for the right time to use it....

A new project calls for pink ivory, so I turned my first batch. Now I know why people like this stuff so much.....just beautiful wood to work with. Not as hard and dense as African Blackwood, about the same as holly. I noticed it is a bit brittle, but cuts cleanly and sands to a deep luster. this has to be one of my favorites!

I post a photo when completed.....

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6/18/05, 12:53 AM #2

Randy Rhine
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>My favorite turning wood. I just wish it wouldn't change color.

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6/18/05, 1:38 AM #3

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Re: Pink Ivory..... color change?

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>What color does your ivory change to?

I got some last year, too, turned several bottle stoppers (1 1/4" sq. x 8" long pieces). I turned them about 3 months ago and they still look pink. Should I be expecting a change?

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I live in the middle of Amish farmlands in south-central PA. I started turning in 1989 on a Craftsman monotube and learned from a book in our local library. After turning for a few years, I finally saw another person use the lathe! Then I attended the national symposium in RI (2004?) and that was my downfall.......new tools! bigger lathe! Since I had to support myself, I needed to do production turning, working with contractors, antique dealers and furniture repairmen. In 2005 I got an order for 12 bottle stoppers, I had never turned one, bought the only ones available, did not like them (chrome), put one on my son's metal lathe, shaped it to my liking, took it to a local machine shop and asked "can you make this out of stainless steel?".............. the rest is history! Check out my ss stoppers on my website: <a href="http://www.torne-lignum.com" target="_blank">www.torne-lignum.com</A>

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6/18/05, 2:58 AM #4

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>Keith

I wish you could see the stuff my Friend Brad Sells brought to be photographed. He went to Africa to harvest some pink Ivory and other African Woods. it is some georgeous stuff. I may see if I can get the photos next week and post a couple.

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6/18/05, 3:33 AM #5

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>Keith, So let's see it! ...Gary

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6/18/05, 4:39 AM #6

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>I'm like Ruth! I haven't experienced a pronounced color differential, and have quite a few pieces out there using Pink Ivory. Please elaborate.

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