Candy cane pen plus - have you done anything with a holiday theme?

[Steve Busey]

Spun a "Candy Cane" pen for a holiday craft show at church yesterday. Had some ornaments & bottle stoppers, too.

What have you folks done with a holiday theme?

 

[Dalecamino]

Nice work Steve !

 

[toolcrazy]

Those are cool, nice work.

 

[Jim Smith]

Very nicely done! Great holiday theme items.

Jim Smith

 

[akbar24601]

Very nice! I love the snowmen. What did you turn the pen out of?

 

[Steve Busey]

What did you turn the pen out of?

Took some red and white acrylic blanks, cut them at an angle and CA'd them back together, then treated it as a normal blank. Put them on white tubes.

(bonus tip: you could match either half of the pen with a blue half and have a nice patriotic pen!)

 

[novop711]

Very nice looking items.

 

[arjudy]

Love the pen. Does it smell like peppermint?

 

[Steve Busey]

Does it smell like peppermint?

This is just red and white acrylic.

I wish there was a scented acrylic - my wife always complains about the smell when I turn acrylic pens! Flavored would be nice, too!

I suppose if someone was really ambitious, they could cast a real candy cane into PR or alumite, but I don't do casting, so that's out of my zone. Perhaps the seed has been planted here, though!

 

[nava1uni]

Like the snowman, it is very cute. The candy cane pen makes me want a candy cane.

 

[Skye]

The stopper is sooooooo stolen. I've got a christmas party this weekend, that'll make a great gift for the host.

 

[workinforwood]

Very cute items! I have done nothing in the spirit of Christmas.

 

[thewishman]

Great work! Love them all, the stopper is my favorite.

 

[areaman]

love the snowmen, my wife has been turning lots of snowmen, its her favorite thing to do on the lathe.

 

[wdcav1952]

Candy cane pen plus - have you done anything with a holiday theme?

Nice work, Steve!

Yes, I turned the Christmas tree lights off when I went to bed last night!:wink:

 

[Woodlvr]

Good one Cav.

We should make sure that Curtis sees this post as he casts anything and may have too much time on his hands. :').

 

[Skye]

Yes, I turned the Christmas tree lights off

*rimshot*

 

[Skye]

Ok, I had to borrow that idea. Giving it to someone hosting a party this coming weekend:

Thanks for the idea!

 

[Steve Busey]

Great job, Skye - share the wealth - I stole, er, I mean took my inspiration for the idea from another forum, where the guy just had the snowman shape. Amazing what a little paint pen and ribbon can do for it!

 

[Skye]

Yeah, paint pen would have worked better. You can see my eyeballs smudged a little when I grabbed it before it had dried. That and I wore out a few black markers. Think the lathe was spinning too fast.