Cube Within A Cube

This is the first of many that we will be making. We believe our drill press is inadequate so we are thinking of drilling these on the lathe. We also may be painting the next ones for a different look. The size is 3"x3"x3" and the wood is "White Wood" (that is what Menards called it).

Spalted Beech Pen Blanks For Sale

Our sister company, Wolfe's Pens -N- Things is selling some boxes of Spalted Beech pen blanks here to help offset the cost of Rob's surgery: http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=77624

Which band saw blade should we be using?

We are using the Grizzly G0555 with riser block. It takes a 105" blade. We are wanted to cut 1" thick slabs from some Walnut logs. We are using a resaw sled made with plans from Wood Mag. Right now we are using a Carter Accuright blade 1/2" but not sure of the teeth or pattern. The current blade seems to wander a lot even with the right tension and using the sled. Any thoughts on what blade we should be using? We have heard a lot about the Wood Slicer from Highland Woodworking.

Wanted to update: checked the blade we were using and it is a 1/2" 4 tpi Carter blade. We happened to have a 3/4" 3 tpi so we switched it. Much straighter cut. Still thinking of picking up a Wood Slicer blade, though.