Lamination Bubinga and Maple Twist

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88tuner

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I'm new to the pen making thing but I do know how to laminate wood for making guitars. Here's the process I used. My son Andrew (9 years old) actually tunred the pen.

The Pen

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I took a piece of maple and a piece of bubinga and glued them together like a sandwich. After than I cut it in 1/4 inch strips on my table saw. The maple is bigger than the bubinga so that the maple will be in the middle of the pen at the end of the process.

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I then altrinated each one and cut them into 3 inch blocks.

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Glued them together.

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That's about it. After that I used the planer and cut the blanks on the table saw. It turned out to be enough for 4 pens.


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Great lamination Steve. Thanks for showing how you made the blanks.
Your son did a Maaaarrrrrvelous job on the turning as well.
 

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Great looking pen. Your son as the knack of turning too I see. He did an excellent job on the turn. Thanks for the picture show. Amazing what you can make by just flopping stack ups.
 
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