Aspen burl with cocobolo caps

[SteveJ]

This is an Elegant Le Roi LB wrapped in Aspen burl with aluminum and cocobolo accents. Blew out one of the caps and let it sit on my desk for a while until I had the time to replace it. It is finished with Wood Turners Finish.

Enjoy.

Steve

 

[MikeL]

Very nice!

 

[Tim K]

Love the Burl...

 

[OZturner]

That is a Work of Art.

Terrific selection of materials, and exercution.
You must have been shattered, when the cap blew out.
Great recovery.

You have done the Le Roi and the Aspen Burl Justice.

Brian

 

[Dalepenkala]

Wonderful looking pen!

 

[khobson]

Great job! I really like the caps...they really compliment the burl!

 

[mikespenturningz]

What a beauty Steve. Nice job... Don't forget to post it in the no comments thread in the segmenting forum...

 

[johncrane]

Very nice Steve should be easy sellers.

 

[SDB777]

Very unique timber and excellent segmenting! Well done!!!!



How many applications did you use of the Wood Turners Finish?






Scott (always looking for a new finish) B

 

[Ambidex]

I love how you framed that burl knot perfectly..beautiful pen!!

 

[SteveJ]

I put 8-10 coats of Wood Turners Finish, then I buff on the buffing wheels. Brings out a nice shine.

On this pen I had some voids to fill on the burl, which I did with CA, then I sanded it down to the wood except where the CA was necessary to make it smooth. You can't tell when in hand that there is any CA under the Wood Turners Finish.

Steve

 

[Tom T]

Really really very nice. Really like the whole thing, kit wood etc.

 

[hornet406]

Beautiful work.. Would you mind explaining your technique for how you make the radius cut on the end caps. I tried using a scroll saw but not having any good results. Thanks.

 

[Donnie Kennedy]

I put 8-10 coats of Wood Turners Finish, then I buff on the buffing wheels. Brings out a nice shine.

On this pen I had some voids to fill on the burl, which I did with CA, then I sanded it down to the wood except where the CA was necessary to make it smooth. You can't tell when in hand that there is any CA under the Wood Turners Finish.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that your pen is wonderful. I really like that look.

Steve

I've been wondering about that. I have done some comparison "tests" with the CA and WTF, but not tried it over CA yet. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[Pjohnson]

do you have any pics of the segment before turning ... The look is stunning!!!

 

[JeremyLP]

I really like this! What is the thickness of the alum that this used?

 

[SteveJ]

Beautiful work.. Would you mind explaining your technique for how you make the radius cut on the end caps. I tried using a scroll saw but not having any good results. Thanks.

I believe that I used the scroll saw for the cuts on this one as well. The main body, the female cuts if you will are the ones that are most difficult for me. If you notice, I didn't really get them down perfect, one side of the "V" is longer than the other.

For the aluminum, that is a piece of flashing cut to size and bent to shape. I did that by hand and didn't get a nice sharp corner at the bend. I will do it differently next time in the hopes of getting a sharper corner.

The end caps were the easiest to cut since they contained no inside corners. After I had blown off the one cap I first drilled the hole and then cut the angles on my miter saw (hand saw). That allowed me to work with a larger piece.

Steve

 

[SteveJ]

I do not have any pictures of the segments before turning, although I am working on a similar blank and will try to remember to take pictures of it.

I do not know the thickness of the aluminum flashing. It is pretty thin, but I don't think as thin as a soda can.

Steve