Finally!! My first two good pens!
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PaulSF
Member
Oh yes, I almost forgot. Woodcraft Classic American screw-cap rollerball, acrylic pen blanks.
Jgrden
Member
Very very nice.
Stevej72
Member
Great looking pens!
Hillbilly
Member
They look Great! Kinda "Christmasie"
Dan26
Member
Great looking pair!
Rollerbob
Member
Sure look worth the money from here!!
John M
Member
Man, thems are some shiny pens! Nice.
NewLondon88
Local Chapter Leader
Looking good...
glycerine
Member
They look good. You did good parting off the ends for the center band. I hate having to do that.
Jim15
Member
Awesome pens.
leehljp
Member Liaison
That is a great job on the finish, and of course on the pens themselves. Good photos too!
Coysquibbly
Member
Great Job. They look fantastic.
Kevin
Kevin
Nice pens! Allthough i dont care alot for the fit and finish of the metal components for this kit, I have made my fair share of em! It is however, a REALLY REALLY fun kit to modify! You can use a drill bit and drill out the cap material super carefully, and "tuck" the part of the CB where the accent rings normally goes. It makes the CB smaller, and sleeker looking. There shuold be a red black and white closed end pen in my gallery with said mod. It is also a really fun pen to make closed end (Hence the closed end, modded CB pen in the photo). I will go find the pic, and thumb it to this thread for you! fun kit to play with for sure.. Probably my one of my favorites despite the bad finish on the metal.
mbroberg
IAP Activities Manager, Emeritus
Those are really nice looking. Great finish!:smile-big::good:
PaulSF
Member
Thank you, everybody! RAdams, that's a beautiful pen. I want to learn how to do closed end pens, but I'm still struggling with the easy stuff!
Parting off for the center band wasn't that difficult for these, because the width of the parted-off area is just about exactly the width of the parting tool blade. The hard part is keeping it clean, I guess.
My biggest problem has been mastering the use of the skew. I still haven't quite figured out how to hold and use the skew.
Parting off for the center band wasn't that difficult for these, because the width of the parted-off area is just about exactly the width of the parting tool blade. The hard part is keeping it clean, I guess.
My biggest problem has been mastering the use of the skew. I still haven't quite figured out how to hold and use the skew.
PenTurnerfromMaine
Member
Nicely done, they look great
Stevej72
Member
You did and excellent job on those pens!
NewLondon88
Local Chapter Leader
Don't beat yourself up over that one. There's more than a few people here
who feel like you do, and don't use one.
Not to say we shouldn't learn...
Mrs Rojo22
Member
Nice!
Robin
Robin
PaulSF
Member
Part of my skew problem is sharpening, I think. When I sharpen it on the bench grinder, the edge becomes concave, rather than straight.
And again, thank you all for the nice words. You are being more than generous!
And again, thank you all for the nice words. You are being more than generous!
NewLondon88
Local Chapter Leader
That is called a 'hollow grind' .. it takes on the shape of the grinding
wheel. The smaller the wheel, the more hollow the grind.
FWIW.. I sharpen mine by touching it to the belt sander.
alphageek
Former Moderator
Looks great! If you master the skew, it WILL help get these to this state easier, but however you got them, they look great!!