First Designer Pen

[jbostian]

I made this pen tonight. It is made out of bloodwood and has a CA finish. It turned out ok but the shoulder on the tenon wasn't quite square so there is a little gap at the center band. I was pretty happy with how the CA finish was looking then I chipped the end at the tip. It isn't too bad but enough that it bugs me. If it wasn't for the chip in the finish I think it would be a very nice finish. Sorry the pic isn't very good, I need to work on that.

Jamie

 

[Jmhoff10500]

There we go! Thats pretty sweet! The tenon sure looks better than my first European pen. i ended up having to taper to a rounded edge where it met the band:biggrin:

 

[jbostian]

I cant see anything:frown:

Thats because I forgot to upload the pic. Thanks for pointing that out. It should be fixed now.

Jamie

 

[rjwolfe3]

That is sweet!

 

[jbostian]

That is sweet!

Thanks. I am having a lot of fun branching out and trying some different style kits.

Jamie

 

[Sberger]

Nice pen and a nice finish. It won't be three months and you will look back and say how easy that pen is. You can look forward to so much more and it is all wonderful. I am trying to move to the next level now, and these guys on here are a lot of help. Lots of good advise and videos. Just keep an open mind and push your ideas.
Steve

 

[bitshird]

The pen looks good for your first try on a Designer, the tenon things come with time, and the chips in a CA finish well lets say I've had to re do one or twenty my self, A good way to avoid that is to do your finish between centers, then you can sand the excess CA off the ends. Just don't over tighten the live center, the ca will come off you dead center and live centers pretty easily.

 

[Ligget]

That is a simple but elegant looking pen, well done!

 

[Jim15]

Very nice looking pen, great work.

 

[jbostian]

Thanks for all the nice comments.

The pen looks good for your first try on a Designer, the tenon things come with time, and the chips in a CA finish well lets say I've had to re do one or twenty my self, A good way to avoid that is to do your finish between centers, then you can sand the excess CA off the ends. Just don't over tighten the live center, the ca will come off you dead center and live centers pretty easily.

That would be a good idea. I don't have a dead center at the moment but I may get one soon.

Jamie