First post of some pens

[Chris88]

Here are some of the pens I have made. I made some mistakes on some of them but it's a learning thing. And with a lot of help from this great forum. My next great venture is casting blanks. I am close to getting started with that. The one thing I am trying to cast is purple and gold the LSU tigers colors I would like to do one for my brother.

 

[DKF]

Those are a nice group.....the purple and yellow looks very close to LSU....

 

[Whaler]

That is a good looking batch of pens. The casting bug is starting to get me also.

 

[Chris88]

Those are a nice group.....the purple and yellow looks very close to LSU....

Thanks, yeah it kind of looks like it but it's not the purple and gold.

 

[Chris88]

That is a good looking batch of pens. The casting bug is starting to get me also.

Thanks, I have pretty much every thing I need to start. But I am trying to get the right pigment.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Very nice!

 

[CSue]

You've got a nice little batch of pens there. I like the cigar pen in the center - the wood and acrylic look so well together.

 

[mbroberg]

All look good, but I like # 4 the best.

 

[Chris88]

Thanks for the replies on that cigar pen I got that blank from Bear Tooth Woods. That one was one of the first pens I turned. I am very bad at identifying woods. I do a lot of smoke pork and ribs and one week end I was going to feed the smoker and noticed the grain on this one piece of wood. I guess you can say I am hooked now :biggrin:

 

[djpnevans]

You have done well keep it up. I do all my own casting and enjoy it.
David

 

[artme]

That's a pretty neat bunch of pens Chris.

You mention mistakes. Well that's all part of learning, and if you are your own most stringent criic you are bound to do well.

 

[Chris88]

You have done well keep it up. I do all my own casting and enjoy it.
David

Thanks, once I get some pigment I can start. I will be heading to Michaels today. I hope I can find some thing.

 

[Chris88]

That's a pretty neat bunch of pens Chris.

You mention mistakes. Well that's all part of learning, and if you are your own most stringent criic you are bound to do well.

That's what my wife says I notice little things that other people probably will not even see. I think one of the biggest things I need to get is turing are sanding to the bushings. I don't notice it when the blanks are on the mandrel. To me it feels like the blank is right at the bushing. But once I put the pen together I can feel that they where not sanded all the way down. But that's a little thing I am having fun