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10-05-2008, 10:01 PM
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A day in the shop with my son
Name: Tracy
City: Salisbury
State: NC
County: Rowan
Join Date: Feb 2008
Age: 48
10-05-2008, 10:01 PM
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I had the pleasure of spending the day in the shop with my son and we made several things, the most time consuming was a segmented Wall Street pen. We started out by gluing four 1/2 x 1/2 pieces of wood together, Cherry, Cumala, Walnut, and Purple Heart.
  
We drilled and cut the glue ups into 17 1/8 inch pieces and then glued them up, staggering the species.
  
Then we sanded the segments,
   
during which time there was a lot of CA glue put on the blank.
Now to the fun part, turning the blank  ,
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And now after many coats of CA and lots of polishing with micro mesh we have the finished product.
  
Thanks so much for looking, We had a great father and son weekend. 
Total pieces of wood= 68, pen kit=1, ca glue, medium and thin, BLO as a base finish, gorilla glue to glue the wood together, micromesh, and about 5 hours of fun, beer= too many  , me only!
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10-05-2008, 10:09 PM
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Name: Phillip
City: Lexington
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Tracy that is one good looking pen - great job  - the best thing was the father-son time - that is awesome |
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10-05-2008, 10:10 PM
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Name: Jon Todd
City: Pfafftown
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Thats a really nice pen and I'm sure it will be a treasure because you and your son did it together
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10-05-2008, 10:26 PM
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Name: Bas
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
That's a great looking pen Tracy. And if you managed to finish the weekend without gluing your hands together (you and/ or your son's), you done good!
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10-05-2008, 10:27 PM
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Name: RAS
City: Pikeville
State: NC
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
WOW
A segmented pen, I like it
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10-05-2008, 10:35 PM
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
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10-05-2008, 10:36 PM
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Tracy & 02Ranger, that is a great pen and the collaboration makes it even more special.
Keep it up y'all make a great team!
Dave 
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10-05-2008, 10:36 PM
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Name: John
City: Lilesville
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Great pen I really like it...LJ .gif "Drogar BigGrin(DBG)") |
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10-05-2008, 11:31 PM
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Name: Michael
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Great series of pictures. I wondered how those were made. The time with your son is priceless.
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10-05-2008, 11:40 PM
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
What a cool idea, Tracy!!!  
Just 'shows to go ya'. There ain't no scraps in most shops!!!!
Betcha your son really enjoyed the adventure as well.
Wayne
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10-06-2008, 07:15 AM
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Name: Tom
City: Yadkinville
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Spiffy work from the two of you, Tracy.
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10-06-2008, 09:13 AM
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Name: Norm
City: Ocala
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Great looking pen. Just goes to show that there is no such thing as scrap.
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10-06-2008, 09:14 AM
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Name: Reggie
City: Albemarle
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
WOW, Tracy! You stick with Matt and you may learn some stuff!!
Great looking pen, gents!!
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10-06-2008, 09:38 AM
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Name: Charles
City: Wilmington
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Nice looking pen. Thanks for the "how to" pix.
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10-06-2008, 09:55 AM
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Name: Dolan Brown
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Re: A day in the shop with my son
Great job on the pen and the time spent with your son will remembered whenever you or he uses the pen.
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