plomanto
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Here are a few that I have made. I have only made about 20 in all, still very new at this and still trying new things.
A few of mine
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Mather323
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Nice looking pens, what is the last pen made of, nice blank!
hilltopper46
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Very nice for pens from early in your 'career'. What is the finish used on the wood pens?
plomanto
Member
Thanks...
Mike the blue swirl blank is from Pen Industries Acrylic I believe
Tony most are finished with friction polish a few are finished with carnuba wax
Mike the blue swirl blank is from Pen Industries Acrylic I believe
Tony most are finished with friction polish a few are finished with carnuba wax
jtate
Member
They do look great. You have the technique down pat! Your fit looks really good.
It does look like you have a problem on the Blue Swirl that many of us have run into - the adhesive showing through the material. Many materials are translucent when they're turned as thin as we have to tuern them. The solution is to color the tubes and color the interior of the drilled material with the same substance. There is a debate as to the bestr thing to use to color the tubes (inside and out). I use Sharpie pens - which I sometimes have to break open to use thoroughly - or fingernail polish.
You may have the drill a wee bit wider or sand down the tubes a little more than the normal roughing up so that they'll fit together once you get the coloring done.
I just share this in case you hadn't heard about this before. Hope this was helpful.
Julia
It does look like you have a problem on the Blue Swirl that many of us have run into - the adhesive showing through the material. Many materials are translucent when they're turned as thin as we have to tuern them. The solution is to color the tubes and color the interior of the drilled material with the same substance. There is a debate as to the bestr thing to use to color the tubes (inside and out). I use Sharpie pens - which I sometimes have to break open to use thoroughly - or fingernail polish.
You may have the drill a wee bit wider or sand down the tubes a little more than the normal roughing up so that they'll fit together once you get the coloring done.
I just share this in case you hadn't heard about this before. Hope this was helpful.
Julia
plomanto
Member
Julia
I had heard of doing that in fact I painted the tube on the black and red pen black and with out thinking it through I also painted the tubes on the blue and white one black also which I think compounded the problem..
You gotta love the learning process
Peter
I had heard of doing that in fact I painted the tube on the black and red pen black and with out thinking it through I also painted the tubes on the blue and white one black also which I think compounded the problem..
You gotta love the learning process
Peter
toolcrazy
Member
Very nice batch of pens.
badger
Member
I like the cigar pen the best, that's a nice looking wood.
igran7
Member
Very nice set of pens Peter. Certainly pens to be proud of. Good Job
R2
Member
Nice collection!![^]
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simomatra
Member
G'day Peter
They look just as good here[]
They look just as good here[
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doddman70
Member
Very nice!!! Awsome job!!! for you first few
Stevej72
Member
Peter, You did a very nice job on all of them.