Clay created a monster

[DaveO]

After rediscovering how fun pen turn is at the Klingspor pen-turn-a-thon this Saturday. I can't stop turning pens, well actually I can...I ran out of kits. Have to stop by Woodcraft tomorrow 8-O Here's today's fun:

Left to right: Heart Pine resawn out of some old beams from a 200+ yr. old carriage house, Walnut with wire burning, Paduak super slim:-D , and finally my first attempt at a CA finish on Padauk cut on a bias.
Now how do you pen turners get the CA off your fingers, I got it every where from gluing the tubes, I actually glued my shoe to the floor after stepping in a big drip puddle :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh:
Dave

 

[jeff...]

Dave a little acetone will cut that CA, if you got any. Awesome Pens !!!

 

[erasmussen]

" I actually glued my shoe to the floor after stepping in a big drip puddle"


Is that the peach colored shoe?:lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Monty]

Nice looking pens - well done, as usual!

 

[erasmussen]

Oh and then pens look great, I like the padauk cut on the bias:eusa_clap

 

[clowman]

Insert evil laugh here!!!! Nice job Dave. If you are inclined to get more kits. I get all of my slim line kits from Woodturninz.com. I like the $2.00 fancy ones. Especially the Satin Chrome ones.

As far as getting the glue off of your fingers. Jeff has a nice solution. Although, I do admit, I end up picking it off little bits at a time while hitting the "New Posts" button on this website. I find it all usually comes off in the morning shower anyway. I see in the future you'll soon be replacing your purpleheart pen with a custom made DaveO pen!

 

[cskipper]

Ditto on the evil laugh! :lol: The pens look great. Was the shoe one of your peachy ones? Oh yeah, wear gloves when using CA.

 

[DaveO]

Was the shoe one of your peachy ones? .

That's never gonna die :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh: Those shoes had to go straight to the trash. They would have dried stiff as a board with a 2" thick layer of latex paint on them :lol: :lol:

Dave

 

[jeff...]

That's never gonna die :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh: Those shoes had to go straight to the trash. They would have dried stiff as a board with a 2" thick layer of latex paint on them :lol: :lol:

Dave

Dave a little acetone would have cleaned them boots up nicely, that is if you have any :lol:

 

[gsdoby]

Nice looking pens

 

[NZAPP1]

Nice pens Dave. I told you once you start you do not wont to stop. My wife now hides her nail polish remover after I glued up the blanks for the show. I guess I need to go to Lowes and get some acetone.

:rotflm: Glued your shoes to the floor :rotflm: :rotflm: :rotflm:

 

[jeff...]

I think finernail polish remover is acetone plus 10 times the price.

 

[Kyle]

very nice work.

 

[sapwood]

Uh oh, there goes the DaveO scrap pile
You will be turning out 50 pens a day. :eusa_clap
But shame on you for blaming it on Clay :eusa_naug

Roger

 

[Ray Martin]

Dave,

The pens are awesome. That's almost enough to make me think of starting to turn... almost

Ray

 

[clowman]

Insert another evil laugh... come on Ray you know you want to. I'll even come show you how to spend your money... errr.. turn a pen...

 

[DaveO]

And so another weekend, and the monster haunts the lathe. After unsuccessfully trying to true up a bowl that I turned green...it got launched8-O I decided to turn something safer...a few pens. So a Walnut slimline pen and pencil set -

I tried to play around with the contrast between the sapwood and heartwood on the pen, but it didn't end up as strong of a contrast as I thought it would. The pencil has a really nice knot in it that makes for some wild grain.
Now just to learn how to photograph turned pens :eusa_doh: :eusa_doh:
Dave

 

[jeff...]

nice, you guys are really tempting me with all these awesome pens, you know that?

 

[cskipper]

Great job on the pens!

 

[NZAPP1]

Nice work Dave:icon_thum Are you going to make it a boxed set? :eusa_thin