Peace......

[DaveO]

I decide to try something different today. I am a glutton for frustration :eusa_doh: Here is the result of my first attempt at a pen blank inlay with a dash of segmentation thrown in.
Aptly called PEACE :icon_flow

Black enamel cigar in Holly with a Walnut and Yellowheart PEACE inlay, and Purpleheart segmented bands.

Critiques welcome...that means you too, Eagle :lol: :lol: :lol:


Dave

 

[erasmussen]

Far out dude8-O



Great pen I like it:lol:

 

[NCPete]

very cool pen!

 

[Eaglesc]

Great job on your first inlay.
AS for the title I don't know how old you are but perhaps you were thinkinging along these lines?

 

[NZAPP1]

Nice work Dave:icon_thum I like the look and finish :eusa_clap

 

[dozer]

Nice job Moonbeam :rolf: Great looking pen I relly like the inlay.

 

[JRD]

Dave,

OK.....Now you've got me. How about a short primer on how you did it!

I've turned out a few pens/pencils by now, but wonder about the inlays. It seems as though the work is so fine that it would be very difficult. If I get tempted, any pointers?

Jim

 

[DaveO]

I first took some 4/4 Yellowheart(YH) and some .04" thick strips of Walnut. Split the piece of YH in half, and then cut the angles for the bottom branches of the peace sign. I glued in the Walnut, side branches first, and then the center strip.
Then I carefully measured from the center of the peace sign out to cut the YH block into a 3/4" square. That was glued between two other pieces of Walnut waste blocks and the YH was turned round to a dia. of 3/8". Then I drilled a 3/8" hole in another piece of Walnut and glued the YH block into it. That whole thing was turned down to 7/16" giving the outer Walnut band.
Then I simply drilled a 7/16" hole in the Holly blank and glued a 3/8" thick slice of the inlay into it.
The rest of the pen is just simple layered segmentation.
All turned very fast with very sharp tools after the corners were knocked off on the disk sander.
HTH,
Dave

 

[cskipper]

Nice job Moonbeam :rolf: Great looking pen I relly like the inlay.

Moonbeam?

 

[DaveO]

That's what they used to call me back in the commune...

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Dave

 

[ChrisMathes]

Nice work, Dave and way to do something a little different. Having the inlay in the middle of the blank like that adds a level of difficulty...good job!

Chris

 

[DaveO]

Great job on your first inlay.

Thanks Eagle, that means a lot to me. As for your Peace sign, I will refrain from comment as we don't discuss politics in this forum :-D

Dave

 

[sapwood]

Dang Dave! You've raised the bar again :icon_thum

Smoking :drunken_s

Roger

 

[DavidF]

Great work Dave! nothing like making life difficult just for the challenge. There is something about making a piece where people say "how did you do that?"

 

[LeftyTom]

I like it. :eusa_clap

 

[jeff...]

Wow that is so cool.

 

[jeff...]

I first took some 4/4 Yellowheart(YH) and some .04" thick strips of Walnut. Split the piece of YH in half, and then cut the angles for the bottom branches of the peace sign. I glued in the Walnut, side branches first, and then the center strip.
Then I carefully measured from the center of the peace sign out to cut the YH block into a 3/4" square. That was glued between two other pieces of Walnut waste blocks and the YH was turned round to a dia. of 3/8". Then I drilled a 3/8" hole in another piece of Walnut and glued the YH block into it. That whole thing was turned down to 7/16" giving the outer Walnut band.
Then I simply drilled a 7/16" hole in the Holly blank and glued a 3/8" thick slice of the inlay into it.
The rest of the pen is just simple layered segmentation.
All turned very fast with very sharp tools after the corners were knocked off on the disk sander.
HTH,
Dave

Say it again 8-O

 

[DaveO]

Did I stutter :lol: ....you wanted a tutorial, that's the best I could do with my grasp of the English language.
It was a lot easier to do than it was to type.

Dave

 

[jeff...]

Did I stutter :lol: ....you wanted a tutorial, that's the best I could do with my grasp of the English language.
It was a lot easier to do than it was to type.

Dave

SMILE - just jerking your chain

 

[MikeL]

That it is one groovy design Dave! I love the contrasts you've got going on. :eusa_clap