1st acrylic turn... OOPS!!

[DSallee]

Well, I tried my luck turning acrylic for the first time tonight and had a blowout!... ... not while turning but while milling the blank .. I think I didn't get enough CA on the end and it caught just right and boom!! My first blowout..

Because it was stuck in there and I didn't have another 3/8" insert I went ahead and put it on the mandrel and "played" with it for a bit to get used to turning acrylic then just turned it down to the insert so I could re-use it.. ...

Drilled another blank, milled it MORE carefully this time and turned away.... came out pretty good I think. The wife is in the process of sending a pic to all her internet friends and so far they ALL want one.. LOL

Anyway, here's a shot of the final product....

Combo-Pen2 in Blue Ocean Green acrylic from PSI

Comments and suggestions welcome...

Dave

 

[karlkuehn]

Beautiful pen! Now the trick is getting the wife's friends to pay for them! hehe

Unless you're going for brownie points, those are good, too.

 

[Ligget]

Looks great from over here Dave, I like the blank too![]

 

[toolcrazy]

Yup, they always want them till they hear the price.

Nice pen and that is a cool kit. How is the click mechanism?

 

[DSallee]

Originally posted by toolcrazy

.... How is the click mechanism?

Well I just asked the wife and she loves it.. say's it works fabtabulous.. LOL ... so far the transmission works perfectly , twist one way for pen and the other way for pencil... and the click for the pencil lead seems to be good... assembly was smooth and easy also.

Dave

 

[Dalecamino]

Nice looking pen Dave ! [8D]

 

[Dan_F]

Yup, thats a good one, love the blank too.

Dan

 

[DSallee]

Thanks for the comments everyone... really appriciated...

I'm really satisfied with this one! This is my first acrylic turned and third time turning ever!

Dave

 

[gwilki]

Beautiful job, Dave. You're on a roll now.