inlayed Sierra ...

[Willee]

Tried some new programs on this one.

 

[David Keller]

Very, very nice.

 

[Pen_Turner_297]

That looks sharp.Great Job

 

[surveyzo]

Another great looking pen William.

 

[rjwolfe3]

OMG that is fantastic. Your pens are outstanding.

 

[Pens By Scott]

Stunning Pen, looks great! Any hints as to how you did it?

 

[thewishman]

Absolutely gorgeous! Very nice work.

 

[1dweeb]

Now that is Sharp!!!!

 

[Willee]

The Photo idea using a mirror was inspired by Alex and the photos on his website.

The inlays were done to the blank while it was srtaight cut at about .520 Diameter.
I used the Unique Products CueMonster inlay machine designed for inlaying pool cues but adapted to pens.
The inlays are cut to a depth of about .060".

http://www.cuemonster.com/cnc_ii_machine

They also make a manual Pantograph style machine for less money.

Because they are flat bottom inlay pockets and the pen blank is round, the width of the design is limited to about 1/4 inch.

 

[Tanner]

That's a stunning pen!! I was thinking yeah, I'm geting one of those cuemonster machines...until I saw it was $8,000.00. Wow!! I don't think I could sneak that by the wife.

 

[johnnycnc]

That is what we're talking about!!
Awesome work, I love it!!

 

[Willee]

That's a stunning pen!! I was thinking yeah, I'm geting one of those cuemonster machines...until I saw it was $8,000.00. Wow!! I don't think I could sneak that by the wife.

If it wasn't for the pool cues I wouldn't have one either.

The Pantograph machine Unique sells is a bit more reasonable and it will do a great job inlaying pens.
It used templates that are twice as large as the final inlay and you can easily make them yourself.
I had one of them for a year or so until I got the CueMonster.
I sold it to another pen maker to inlay his pens.