Here is another Pen that I turned this evening. I found out that my FIL was coming down and I had promised this to him over Christmas and hadn't turned it yet, so I made this. He picked the kit and color he is a Commercial Pilot and this kinda looks like clouds.
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I have had entirely to much shop time this week two pens and a coffee table and if my son wasn't sick I would be building a headboard for one of our beds, anyway, I got these blanks from exoticblanks.com they really make some great stuff. I got a couple of Lime Green blanks and she wanted hers...
Well, WC sent me a new Cambridge Hybrid after I mentioned the poor quality of the one I currently have. I have to say just looking at the kit this one seems to have better platting and fit much tighter than the first one. I am very thankful to WC for sending this one out. I feel much better...
Ok, I have ordered everything I need to make my first 10 pens. Right now I only have about $97.42 per pen invested. So I will have to make a lot more to get that cost per pen down. And I am sure I left something out. And not to mention how much I will mess up.
Awhile back I turned a Cherry burl piece to make a pen for my wife - she loves it but the problem with it is when she is writing with it the pen will turn and make the ink filler go back up into the pen - anyone know how to fix this
This may be premature to ask since I have never turned a pen but I am getting all the info I can before I get started. I do not have a way to drill the holes for the two blanks so I figured it was time to add a drill press but looks like the cheap drill presses do not have enough travel to drill...
Hi here I just wanted to share with you guys. Ive been playing with these for a few weeks now this is the first one I got to finish all the way (cracks breakage ect)
total cost
package of 10 bic pens .50 fleemarket, stick of bw from my buddies cutoff ben 1.5x1.5 0.00
some sand paper from...
So I decided to mess around with some Modge Podge and CA finish with a Yuengling bottle sticker. It did pretty good. I am very interested in looking into this further. Sorry for the horrible picture I really didn't feel like going back into the shop and setting up the tent. Plus this thing...