Axminster w/ Custom Twist

[KDM]

Really enjoying these Axminster kits. Here's a custom mica swirl my wife requested.



I cut the blank such that I had a pattern matched piece to make a new transmission knob with.



Closeup shows the flaw. I cut far too close to the diameter of the tube, right at the part where the blank is most translucent.

 

[John Den]

Lovely!
Regards,
John

 

[mikespenturningz]

That twist really sets that pen off as your own... Really nice.

 

[plantman]

One small step on the pen, makes a whole new outlook to mankind. Nice job !! Next time paint the inside of the cap or tube. Jim S

 

[SDB777]

Can't you just remove the cap thingy and give it a 'touch up'? (Not having made one of these kits, I just don't know if that's possible....figured I'd ask)




Scott (nice coloring) B

 

[LL Woodworks]

Very nice Ken - where did you get that kit (Axminster?)?
Thanks

 

[KDM]

Can't you just remove the cap thingy and give it a 'touch up'? (Not having made one of these kits, I just don't know if that's possible....figured I'd ask)

No, it's a valid enough point... if I'd just turned the knob up and drilled a hole in it! I thought I'd be clever, though and I glued an 8mm tube into the twister (as you would a 2-piece pen) so it could be excahnged with the original without modification of the pen.



So no way of touching up the tube. Let's face facts: I cut the wall of the twister too thin!!

 

[KDM]

Very nice Ken - where did you get that kit (Axminster?)?

Axminster is a company in the UK. I dunno where tehy get their kits and they don't seem to name them.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/another-couple-cast-axminsters-107361/#post1502336

I do know a number of you US folk have bulk ordered from them before.

www.axminster.co.uk