HOLY STRIPES!!

[ed4copies]

Those who attended the Midwest Penturners Gathering saw some of these blanks. I admonished one and all that they are NOT "turner-friendly" but a few daring souls bought them anyhow (at $5 a pop, its a little risky). So, just thought I would turn a couple last night to reassure myself that they CAN be made into pens, successfully.

Don't drill all the way through, cut off the ends, Face the ends carefully - sharp mill, not a lot of pressure - Turn with sharp tools - I actually did accomplish "shavings". And, careful at the ends, roll your skew.

THERE!! PIECE OF CAKE!!!!

Comments welcome, feel free to cheer and throw quarters!!!

 

[Alexander]

Pretty cool, I guess easter is coming, who needs to color eggs when you can just turn a pen !!

 

[thewishman]

I KNEW I should have tried those things. My daughter would have grabbed them, too. (Maybe if she sees these, I can distract her enough to pry the pink blanks loose...)

Chris

 

[JimGo]

Very neat Ed!

 

[Gary Max]

Show off---those should be a real good sellers----nice bright summery colors--------we like.

 

[cozee]

I'm like Chris, I knew I should have gotten at least one of them!!! Funny, they look like some pants I remember seeing when I was a little kid![]

 

[alamocdc]

Dang it, Ed! Every fiber of my being told me to grab some, but you scared me out of it. Oh well. They do look quite nice.[]

 

[ed4copies]

Originally posted by cozee
<br />I'm like Chris, I knew I should have gotten at least one of them!!! Funny, they look like some pants I remember seeing when I was a little kid![]

You probably saw me walking by - those were really "in" in the 40's.[][][]

 

[Tanner]

Cool looking pens!! Perfect for Easter!!

 

[laurie sullivan]

piece blanks.......but i have no clue what they are made from. could you enlighten me please.

laurie

 

[Glenn McCullough]

very nice, the effort payed off immensely

 

[Mikey]

Wow, the third one down looks like the wallpaper that was in my bedroom when I bought my house!!![:0] i may have to place an order again.[8]

 

[kent4Him]

I was wondering what the would look like finished.

 

[ed4copies]

Laurie,

They are a resin that likes to shatter in production. As I have become more comfortable with the skew, my "finished percentage" has improved. These went without event - no breakage.

Thanks for asking, sorry it wasn't clear earlier.[][]

 

[wudnhed]

Cool Ed, great looking pens!

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pens.

 

[NavyDiver]

Neat looking pens!

 

[johncrane]

They look great ED! makes me think about candy.[][]