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keithbyrd

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This is my first solid aluminum pen. JR Retro components. Turned on a wood lathe with a skew!
Polished - not anodized (currently beyond my paygrade!).
C&C Welcome.
 

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Thanks for the comments.
Bob it weighs 1.8 oz. I weighed 5 2 piece pens - graduate was the heaviest at 2.0 others down to 1.3
 

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Outstanding! Pardon my ignorance of metal work, but...with wood/acrylic, I sand after turning with chisels. Is there an equivalent step with metal? What do you use to remove tool marks, etc. Doesn't feel like sandpaper would do it.
 

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Now *that's* a WOW pen !!!!! .... SUPERB !!!!!

What type/grade of Aluminum, please ?
 

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Outstanding! Pardon my ignorance of metal work, but...with wood/acrylic, I sand after turning with chisels. Is there an equivalent step with metal? What do you use to remove tool marks, etc. Doesn't feel like sandpaper would do it.
Thanks
I turned it with a skew, sanded to 2000, polished with mag/aluminum polish on buffing wheel

Now *that's* a WOW pen !!!!! .... SUPERB !!!!!

What type/grade of Aluminum, please ?
Thanks! it is 6061
 

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Very nice, I've been wanting to make an AL pen. What stock did you start with? Was it a thick walled tube or did you bore a solid piece?

Gary
 

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you done a fantastic job on that Keith seeing as you used a wood lathe too :)
difficult to get a great polish on Aluminium too, though you seem to have it down well ;)
 
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