Been a little busy!

[elody21]

This is the receint order of Corian pens. 250 with 11 pen holders. The colors were their choices. They wanted to stay with the last 3 years and mostly calm colors.

 

[jwoodwright]

Alice, all I say is WOW! Looks great. All this and working still?

Dumb Question: What do you use to protect the plating on the pen holders?

 

[gerryr]

HOLY SMOKES!!!![:0][:0][:0]

 

[Ron in Drums PA]

Congrats on such a nice order!

 

[Gary Max]

Great job on getting the order done.
Of course you will be taking a break-----LOL

 

[Ligget]

WOW, that is a great order![]
They look brilliant, well done. It w2ould have taken me a year to do that many. LOL[][]

 

[elody21]

Originally posted by jwoodwright
<br />Alice, all I say is WOW! Looks great. All this and working still?

Dumb Question: What do you use to protect the plating on the pen holders?

I sand and polish the inside of the holes of the pen holders.

 

[terrymiller]

that is a lot of corian you must have done alot of sharpening.

 

[pete00]

holly molly nice.....250 huh ...1..2...3...4..5

 

[terry q]

I can't begin to imagine...... How many blanks did you blow out drilling? The mind bogles. Nice job.

Terry

 

[wdcav1952]

Wow Alice, if there every was any doubt about you being the "Queen of Corian" this certainly eliminated that doubt! Congratulations on a great sale.

 

[Johnathan]

Wow! pretty amazing. I think that your comment on being busy is an understatement![8)][8)][:0]

 

[woodscavenger]

So, what color comes out when you blow your nose? That's a lot of corian.[]

 

[Darley]

Well Alice what I have to say a lot of corian to drill and turn, congrat on this order you have been a busy bee.

 

[JimGo]

I only count 248; are you sure they are all there? []

No wonder you've been so quiet laately! They look great! I hope all the other personal stuff has been resolved in a positive way, too. Glad to see you back.

 

[UKpenmaker]

Very impressive work, how long did it take you to turn that many[:0]
Excellent order.

 

[ed4copies]

Good to see you back, Alice. Certainly an impressive order!!

Hope you are feeling well-collecting corian is a lot easier than picking up logs (last post I remember).

 

[JohnDrayton]

That's amazing! I wouldn't even attempt that big an order! I do thi for fun. I had a job once! After 35yrs said thats the last job I want!!

 

[mick]

Alice....That's a butt load of corian!!!!! I've finally gotten around to gluing up some 1/2 inch stuff and hope to turn it this week.

 

[nilsatcraft]

WOWZERS- That's a whole lot of penturning! Are you burned out or what? Nice job and congrats on a great sale.

 

[Mudder]

Originally posted by elody21
<br />Been a Little Busy

That seems to be a teency-weency bit of an understatement Alice...... I guess that If you were really busy you would need a 5000 pen order?

 

[pastorbill1952]

Congrats Alice, how long did it take you to turn all of those?
JimGo, that new baby must have caused you to miscount, there is only 247 []

 

[elody21]

The first order they gave me 3 years ago was 450 and it really took me a while. I now have it down to a science.. They are done in an assembly line method. They are all cut to 5" then in half, then all drilled, then all trimmed , then all tubed. I only use 2part 5 min. Devcon Epoxy for the brass tubes. It has more flexiblity than any CA and costs much less. I let the tubes set at least overnight. Then I trim all of the tubes with a jig for the disc sander. So now all of the pens are ready to be turned. At this point I usually turn and assemble about 50 in a day, not takeing the entire day.It is very taxing and the last 25 of the order is murder!, but if they asked for 500 I'd still do it! Once a corian pen is off the lathe it is done. All the sanding and polishing is done in place and there are no suprizes. No knots, no bugs, no rotton spots to deal with, just sand and polish! 150,220,400,600,then Novis fine polish

 

[ed4copies]

Oh..............NOW it sounds like FUN??????[xx(][xx(][xx(][xx(]

Congrats on YOUR success!!

 

[lkorn]

Gotta tip my Skew to you Alice, Thats a bigger order than I want to even consider.
Nice work!

 

[realgenius]

Oh My!!![:0] I am impressed and another Woman too.[] They look great, I haven't gotten around to trying Corian yet. Great Job!!!!!

Debra[]

 

[Hastur]

Very nice Alice, I need to try the Novis fine polish sometime.

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

No wonder you have been so quiet lately! That is a wonderful undertaking and a great job. They are very happy with your work or they would not have come back! Great Job and Great client![8D][8D]

 

[MDWine]

Wow.. I'm impressed! What a pile of excellent pens! I love those blue ones!